Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Astaro isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Elama was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to be a doctor again

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: A 2'10" southern man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1700 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears professional attire. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She got into the Bather business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 pp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sard (40 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: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a cook and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 9000 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Jade (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Sard (20 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Sard (20 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has wavy black hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. To her fellows she 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: She was raised in a plains tribe. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.