Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His fur is short and red. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Jet (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears an entirely blue suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are amber.

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. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Selfish, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her blue hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Lerissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She wears her black hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.