Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is typically in his Ruler uniform. His crest is cut close to his head. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the north to a Ruler, Sethrekar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Portia is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Guard, her father struggled to pay the bills. Numba was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Jeweler. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Numba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

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. Eloise enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 sp. Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and longbows. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp.