Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Body Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Ishte was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Slave Trader. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 gp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His beige fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. 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 runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 sp. Coral (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a Sage first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 sp.