Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She likes to wear white tank tops with grey skirt. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to be a guard again

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blonde hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 70 pp. Banded agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Brewer

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

Possessions: 5000 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.