Description: This woman typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jade (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His blonde hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Gennal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2900 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Malachite (15 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 110 gp.