Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hecat has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Dain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are gray and catlike.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has worked as a Barkeep like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Miles was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp.