Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears skinny pants and wears a blue and pastel robe with the hood down. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'5" western woman, she usually wears her pastel robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her red fur in a flapper bob. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Quick hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Doctor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Doctor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: A 4'0" eastern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 pp. Onyx (80 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stylist. Her cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the north to a Stylist, Smoking learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 31000 gp. 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a yellow vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the east to a Farmer, Carrie learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. He has worked as a Farmer like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. His hair is white and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Merchant, but he got bored and became a Bellfounder. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 16000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.