Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear flannel. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired her part-time. Matilda is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Matilda was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a Fisher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the south. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp.