Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Shava wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her gray fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She has moderate length black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Joan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is physically well-built. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gifted student she started as a Mortician, but she got bored and became a Bather. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She tends to her Carter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged man wears silk and lounges about seductively and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is cut short. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. After a long history of fighting, Fabien and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears tan trousers with pastel and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her red hair up. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she usually wears her grey robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 gp.