Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 40. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mella grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a long, black cloak. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vapula does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vapula studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Vapula took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her black crest is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Blendaeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Blendaeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Interpreter. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. She has wavy white hair. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp. Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eldon studied abroad. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a Sculptor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sculptor business.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She tends to her Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.