Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Coral (100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Altho's homeland. Altho decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Quarion was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Amber (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His red hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mortician but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Skirt was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Amber (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Jet (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'9" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is white and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Sard (20 gp). Jade (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Jade (70 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amber (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.