Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 34. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the east to a Bellfounder, Nogu learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has achieved small success as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Priest does. His brass crest is long and unkept. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shedinn studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and she perpetually has her longbow ready. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: Puyet lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2800 sp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and grey pants. She has no hair. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This man wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. His white hair is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is a Priest first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tûmhom fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a hand crossbow on his belt. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Banded agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. With bright golden hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Ekk hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Uraim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Uraim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Uraim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.