Description: An older man who wears just a blue suit, he is not a threatening figure. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Map Maker. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to be a spy again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 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: She is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rose (30 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Priest; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 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: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has styled his white fur well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: River lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Amber (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rose (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. Her dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1200 pp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amber (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

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. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Major magic item.