Description: Standing 4'2", this woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

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. 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 Spice Merchant. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She usually wears her violet robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Leshanna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Leshanna was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Leshanna decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (6 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Agnes is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Agnes has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her tied-back hair is brown. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She takes great joy in being the best Bowyer in town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Alexandrite (1300 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Fire opal (600 gp).

Description: A 5'11" southern man, he wears an entirely white suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He stands about 4'0" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His first spouse was a Engraver, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Stylist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her black fur is still thick. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40000 cp. A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).