Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Merla learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her copper crest up. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Flaws: Addict, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1800 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'9" and tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Solomon 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 is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Solomon has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Disease, Depressed. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is greedy

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp. Onyx (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'1". She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. Her crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'3". He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks, and his gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. His brown fur, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely green suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. 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: Born in the south to a Tanner, Akta learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with her Hunter father left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to be a hunter again

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Morana will drive conversation. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Morana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Morana was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stableman. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Red garnet (70 gp).