Description: This woman is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her hair is brown and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. A gifted student she started as a Shepherd, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Slave Trader, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Logical, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.