Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His white hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Amber (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Elizabeth hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Elizabeth was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Ella was born the youngest of three triplets. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 pp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Heather is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.