Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A gifted student she started as a Barkeep, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of jet and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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 he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 130 gp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the west to a Crown-heir, Nyx learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a brewer again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and blue pants. Her fur is gray and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 gp.