Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 pp. Azurite (13 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Knight.

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

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy tan dress. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is short and black. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Ranala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Ranala was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Sora enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Azurite (8 gp). 1 Half-Plate.