Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jet (40 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Jet (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His hair is short and white. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Unemployed, who enjoyed hunting, Paggen was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Paggen took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her brown hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She tends to her Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Crown-heir, and carries whips. His fur is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Crown-heir. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Hematite (9 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a green shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and grey pants, she is not a threatening figure. She has no crest. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 97. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Rezena hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dull red sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed flail, just in case. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to settle down with her crush

Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1300 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: 4'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Thodris learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Jet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).