Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is cut short. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ermina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 310 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". She wears a white tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Jillian's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 cp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His scarlet crest is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Medrash hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Fisher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

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

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an entirely brown suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Galiena was born with her father's beautiful face. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her blue crest in a flapper bob. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Baker who has hired her part-time. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has worked as a Baker like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her crest is red and curly. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Jaxi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Junk Dealer. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Ratak enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ratak grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely brown suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a colorful flower in her white fur. Her eyes are likewise yellow. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Through the years after Smoking was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Smoking's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 cp.