Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Shoemaker. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Berrian has worked very hard to control his curse. He's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: He was born in a small desert village. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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 wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, In love, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).