Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Merchant uniform. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her hair is red and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Lerissa isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. She has white eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ahinar liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.