Description: Standing 5'4", this woman very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her half smiles and hazel 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 all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a unemployed again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tan shirt with thin red vertical stripes and tan pants. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 17000 cp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her hair is white and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Meriele was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her head has been shaved. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She sports silver long hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.