Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her first spouse was a Herbalist, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp).

Description: A 5'9" northern woman, she usually wears her black robe and has her bastard sword always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is purple and very short. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Rieta will drive conversation. Rieta is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Roondar hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: Born in the south to a Masseuse, Nuraval learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Nuraval took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up sai and armor he uses now. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nuraval never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).