Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a red costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He has a very tight haircut. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Althaea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. His hair is auburn and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple yellow robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting brigands, the young Beatrice began to lead the lost caravan. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp. 2 Acid flasks.