Description: She wears professional attire. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has green eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Egelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is short and black. Her ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Navigator like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 90 gp.