Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She likes to wear grey tank tops with yellow skirt. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Hematite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Jade (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears blue trousers with yellow and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His tied-back hair is white. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Anverth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Animal Trainer. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Coral (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears professional attire. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 900 pp. 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: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a hunchback. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Architect, his father struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 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 (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are amber.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Hamil's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. After a long history of fighting, Hamil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire, and he perpetually has his lance ready. He has moderate length golden hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Crown-heir. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Eberdeb was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this western woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her brass crest up. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. To her fellows she 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: She comes from a rich western family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).