Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, 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 long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Siffress hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Veit is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Veit lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1600 pp. Black opal (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Emerald (1600 gp).

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Spice Merchant. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries crossbows. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Theriatis was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Through the years after Theriatis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Theriatis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 pp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Mary and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Tarak was taken on many hunting expeditions. When Tarak reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 pp. Obsidian (9 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rose (30 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.