Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a simple blue robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She has wavy auburn hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born into a rich family. When Jarsali reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 6'1" northern woman, she wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, brown cloak. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gerald was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a ceremonial dagger on her belt. She has styled her blue crest well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mayor. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but she was a colossal failure. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Amber (120 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).