Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. With wild white hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Shamil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Shamil learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. 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. He became a Tailor soon after.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Horza studied abroad. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Susannah was born with her mother's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2900 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amber (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She has slicked back silver hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. Being a Layabout kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, brown cloak. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Fragrant grew up listening to his father's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Crown-heir hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 230 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.