Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

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: 130 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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: Vepar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Aristocrat 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries bows. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 23000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.