Description: She stands about 6'3" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white crest is still thick. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She takes great joy in being the best Slave Trader in town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Slave Trader like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a barrister again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this eastern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished hand crossbow as well. His hair is blonde and curly. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Trym lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was a Bricklayer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Performer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Healer profession.

History: Gale lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bhevek does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Mason father left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Bhevek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her black hair is still thick. She is baby faced.

Personality: Ubada hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.