Description: She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired her part-time. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Emen learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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. Emen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has a crush on the local doctor

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Theriatis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His white fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Silent took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Silent was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.