Description: This southern woman wears a green shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the south to a Slave Trader, Shax learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Traubon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Tanner, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 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 wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and carries monstrous two handed axes. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Flame is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Sculptor business.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Flame was taken on many hunting expeditions. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'7" eastern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her black fur is matted, messy, and big. She has green eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Black opal (900 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He keeps his white fur in a pixie cut. 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 is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 15000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has shaved her head bald. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Jasper (30 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jade (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Engraver. His blue hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Body Guard, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 11000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.