Description: This dark-skinned male wears professional attire. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has moderate length white hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oriel grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oriel. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 sp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.