Description: She dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ida's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. After a long history of fighting, Ida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tiaathque grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 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: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. 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: Regain custody of her son; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Dalgal 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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mason. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burto fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fortune-teller business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor, and carries clubs. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Felgrat and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.