Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Ahvain hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Ahvain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is short and brown. She has amber eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Oriff hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Oriff never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson violet hat.

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. Mella is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp).