Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. With wild red hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. 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: Herleva was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.