Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With wild chestnut hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the north to a Locksmith, Donella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Black pearl (500 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born into a rich family. She worked as a nervous Baker and found it very stressful. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Sarai 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 misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Sarai has worked very hard to control her curse. Being a Carter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He wears just a black suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His beige fur is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and white. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Gillyd learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

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. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a great chef.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Synthrin was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Merchant. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Hugolina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Rosamund 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's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp.