Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her tied-back hair is golden. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Oriel hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.