Description: This tall, slender woman is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10000 gp. Coral (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Glim is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Frouse studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Detective. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp).

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1200 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Coral (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Jet (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she very much looks the part of a Assassin. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length green crest. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She carries a battered bow and tarnished sword as well. She wears her beige fur down. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Shifting wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shifting grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her youth she was a Brewer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp).