Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. She wears her black hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has brown eyes and a red hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She is portly but not overly obese. Her long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Edge grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 11000 sp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Rohesia took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up trident and armor she uses now. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 220 pp.

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gerbo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gerbo was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is dressed in an above average manner. She is an epitome of beauty. With bright white hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Healer for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 15000 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the north. His childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carpenter.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to be a seamstress again

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Eye agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Coral (40 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.