Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is singed and shortened. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears pastel trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born in the north to a Scribe, Elizabeth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She tends to her Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she usually wears her tan robe and has her greataxe always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is brown and very short. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Giselle was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. 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: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.