Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an entirely brown suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Gardener mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

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 stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Olivia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Being a Mason kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. Amber (60 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. Her hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and elven compassion

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She wears her white hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kithri studied abroad. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by her family; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and she perpetually has her axe ready. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the left. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dara will drive conversation. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Gifted from a young age, Dara studied abroad. 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 gp.