Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. In his 14th 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (15 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vanuath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).