Description: She wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. She carries a battered shortbow and tarnished hammer as well. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: Dara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the right. She has brown eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired her part-time. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She has brown eyes and a red hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Philomena 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 is obsessed with her god.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 pp.