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 is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rose (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Verna liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jasper (20 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Cook does, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Tordek was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her purple hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Weaver mother left her crippled. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: She wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. She has a very tight haircut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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 is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to protect her home

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Sardonyx (60 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.