Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her white hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Dara wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Dara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a violet vest and prefers brown and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears a green vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Architect kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a violet vest and prefers red and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Baker. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Sybil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Baker. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 290 gp.