Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is brown and very short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Abalaba was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears just a blue suit. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Xanaphia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Xanaphia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her yellow fur is matted, messy, and big. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bounty Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'9". He wears just a brown suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. His yellow fur is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shifting has worked very hard to control his curse. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. His cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west to a Junk Dealer, Cask learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp.