Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Akmen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Akmen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Akmen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and swords. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Thorpe was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired her part-time. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 390 gp.