Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His blue hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a halberd and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the east to a Bricklayer, Godfrey learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

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

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an entirely tan suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his golden hair up. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her silver hair is cut short. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Slave Trader; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 14000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is black and curly. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Dean was born the youngest of three triplets. Dean liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

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. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. After a long history of fighting, Ilga and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1400 gp.