Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Xappan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Xappan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Xappan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Coral (90 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, violet shirt, and white tie. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Hrathy was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 Spice Merchant. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Spice Merchant and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (90 gp). Coral (90 gp).