Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Nija was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is physically well-built. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She found a children's book about a Gnome Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Yurgunn is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Debt. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.