Description: He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rimmon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Rimmon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is short and red. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 240 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: This southern woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her head has been shaved. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears just a black suit. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Nazû learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a Server, her mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 sp. Peridot (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a fancy black dress. She wears her white hair down. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

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. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bather. She's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He has chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Aerdeth was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aerdeth was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a white coat with yellow slacks, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jane grew up listening to her father's many stories. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp.