Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His red hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black fur is unkempt and raggedy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 pp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Revenge; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and she perpetually has her shield ready. She has wavy beige fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cloak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp).