Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She wears a black collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She keeps her scarlet crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 sp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed yellow hat.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. This black eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has wavy auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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, Halimath is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When Halimath reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is thinning but still full. His silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a Barrister first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the south. A gifted student he started as a Jeweler, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Roland was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'9". She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in the east to a Sculptor, Syllin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 Sculptor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'11" and dresses like a well dressed Farmer does. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Junk Dealer profession.

History: Vicky was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Farmer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Farmer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp. Red garnet (130 gp).