Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears violet trousers with tan and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Anne was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bookbinder. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has white hair. This silver eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Anne is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Nicor learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp.