Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 pp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ratbag is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 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.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright golden hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker red hat.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 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 (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is cut short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Harbek speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cartwright responsibilities is difficult; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears just a black suit. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He got into the Doctor business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Doctor like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a pastel vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red fur is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Carter who has hired him part-time. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 7000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.