Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, white cloak. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. Her white hair is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Baelitae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 240 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Bellfounder; and he wants to get laid

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his white hair down. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Laborer father left him crippled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Banded mail.