Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder, and carries morningstars. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a tattooed face.

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 font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Chaedi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears just a grey suit. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, marred by sweets. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Aerdeth was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'8" and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Enna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy black dress. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Tailor like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has shaved her head bald. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Neega was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Apothecary soon after.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp.