Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Bernard was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A 5'0" western man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Drogo grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has wavy blonde hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elysande grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a blue small hat and blue clothes, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Amûg was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Amûg never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 180 gp.