Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. 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 wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. 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: Griselda was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 Engraver. She became a Engraver soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'3" and prefers to wear flannel. His hair is golden and very short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Robert liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Azurite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'4" eastern woman, she wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Avice is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has black hair. He has green eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Don's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.