Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has wavy red hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has wavy black fur. Her copper eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is brown and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Conrad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10000 sp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a red scarf. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Traulam will drive conversation. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Traulam was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Traulam abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Engraver and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears an entirely red suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She got into the Seamstress business at a young age. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Sarah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Mason. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a server again

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).