Description: This man is tall and muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Marbas is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Born to a Soapmaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. Marbas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She usually wears her white robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder. Her tied-back hair is white. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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 comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Being a Roofer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a brown shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Helen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Helen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: This western woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

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. Ilga liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.