Description: He wears professional attire. He carries a battered shield and tarnished mace as well. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant 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 struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Olivia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She wears her black hair down. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Vicky was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Vicky's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She wears her white hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Gifted from a young age, Kithri studied abroad. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by her family; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Dara hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'1" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. After a long history of fighting, Bree and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 90 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: 4'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Bolhild learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice, Logical. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gray eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. His crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Kerkad took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up dagger and armor he uses now. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.