Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tattered old clothes. She wears her silver hair down. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He tends to wear a large grey jacket, marred by chocolates. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Through the years after Robert was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Robert's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 85. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. White pearl (100 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).