Description: 5'9" and muscular, this eastern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is brown and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Galiena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Recently the stress of being a Bookbinder has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a red scarf. He has black hair. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with his Seamstress mother left him crippled. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver crest, when down, is lengthy. He has red eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Server. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.