Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and grey tie. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop crest cut. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rhogar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 1 Holy water. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and whips. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.