Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Anakis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Leaf was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'0" and wears dull grey sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Helja wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is physically well-built. He wears his yellow fur down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Sun 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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Masseuse. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Rose (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).