Description: She has a missing left leg. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy golden hair. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears dull red sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shield, just in case. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. She wears her golden hair up. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe, and carries tridents. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Xappan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).