Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks, and is pretty ugly. Her silver crest is matted, messy, and big. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her falchion. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is brown and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Scribe, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She carries with her a set of bows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 13000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears green trousers with black and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Amber (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a spear on his belt. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 pp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Jet (90 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1500 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver ewer (70 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 (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.