Description: A 5'5" eastern woman, she very much looks the part of a Mason. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Thiala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thiala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful, PTSD, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: He wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head, and carries warhammers. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp. Iolite (40 gp).