Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jade (110 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a large yellow jacket. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Aldous alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He tends to his Healer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'0" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Alberich was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Ruler. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His white fur is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears long strands of opal and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. 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: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Jade (100 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).