Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has slicked back silver hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Her parents enrolled her in a Wizard school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Locksmith; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Morkral abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His blue hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Fenriz was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Oblar's homeland. Oblar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oblar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 pp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Coral (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp).