Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student she started as a Gardener, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Ulla was born with her father's beautiful face. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Armorer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20000 cp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cory will drive conversation. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her beige fur in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Tricking is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Tricking lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Family, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her tied-back hair is red. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Jade (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carter. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. After a long history of fighting, Chay and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Shanairla 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. Coral (120 gp). White opal (700 gp). Jet (120 gp). Iolite (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.