Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His purple hair is thinning but still full. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Merihim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. With wild silver hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: She is a Deep Scion in disguise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Banded agate (4 gp).