Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and brown tie. His tied-back hair is white. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Morkral was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He became a Engraver soon after.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 330 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Spice Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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. Bucklal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Iolite (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 cp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Berrian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp.