Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Numba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is brown and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has wavy black hair. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 cp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and brown tie, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is an amazing painter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Quarethon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 13000 cp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Climber’s kit.