Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fragrant studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses like a well dressed Scribe does, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Scribe for hire.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1200 sp. 2 Holy water.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Gimurt is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and he is content

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black hair is lengthy. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Ishte is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with her Weaver mother left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.