Description: An older woman who wears baggy white pantaloons and a violet scarf, she is not a threatening figure. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She became a Mason soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her crest is copper and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Balam was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jet (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 pp. Citrine (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Spring is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Coral (120 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Citrine (60 gp).