Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has golden hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oriel grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Oriel abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.