Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: Drusilia hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Drusilia was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (40 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Amber (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He has golden hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Gennal was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 9000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears just a white suit. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Nikki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Coral (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Spear enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and carries axes. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Cartwright, but he got bored and became a Blacksmith. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.