Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tattered old clothes. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Jacoba took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Tagga was born with her father's beautiful face. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has silver hair. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Carter; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10000 cp. Amethyst (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Immeral lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 pp. Black opal (400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dreali embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Dreali hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and red pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His white crest is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Courier but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Performer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a courier and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, marred by beers. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Seamstress. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. Jade (130 gp). 2 Smokesticks.