Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy brown hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 320 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Art grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fisher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Nella is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She bought a nunchaku and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Thamior speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Anne studied abroad. 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 cp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She is physically well-built. Her green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with her Roofer father left her crippled. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a lance on her belt. She has white hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Faral liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Holy water.