Description: She very much looks the part of a Shepherd. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her flail with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. She sports brown long hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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 is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1300 pp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rose (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears dull red sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has styled her red crest well, parting it to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. White pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Coral (70 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Katherine took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Rose (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She found a children's book about a Human Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 pp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 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. 1 Minor magic item.