Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, white shirt, and brown tie. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mary will drive conversation. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. 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 Priest. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it, marred by beers. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Balimaar has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30000 cp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her blonde hair is lengthy. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Jacoba is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jacoba grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a red shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and yellow pants. His hair is brown and curly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: Trym is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.