Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Heather was born the youngest of three triplets. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. His crest is short and gold. He has red eyes.

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 disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and expand his business

Flaws: Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 11000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. Thokk is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Vepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Jade (130 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Jade (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Fabien isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Fabien was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Architect and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).