Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern woman very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. She has wavy cinnamon fur. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Tree's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Spice Merchant. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Joker. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She is typically in her Knight uniform. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an entirely white suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Azurite (13 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His white eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a white shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has brown hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Myathethil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Mella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Mella was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She usually wears her tan robe and has her trident always slung over her shoulder. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Gerard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gerard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and doesn't want to be a marshal and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Silk rope.