Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is physically well-built. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Juliana hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is cut short. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born in a small island village. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.