Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a green tunic with pastel highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Miller profession.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Farideh learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Miller, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. Recently the stress of being a Spice Merchant has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Expand her business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Emen and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amethyst (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Syllin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 pp. Jasper (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Amber (80 gp).

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 green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Peridot (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.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes, and carries whips. His fur is short and beige. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He wears his yellow fur down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady yellow eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the east. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). White opal (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Jet (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.