Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Beatrice liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Amethyst (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has wavy auburn hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Griselda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a Spy first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 sp.