Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a long, white cloak, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Grai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'8" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a very tight haircut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Greeba grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Greeba. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tûgog grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tûgog. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She takes great joy in being the best Healer in town.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Healer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Healer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is short and purple. Her silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Ronobe hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Red garnet (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has red hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a white shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Fistula was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.