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 wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. His rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Valorean enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Cartwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His crest is scarlet and curly. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Rathkran was taken on many hunting expeditions. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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. Rathkran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Amber (40 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her brass crest up. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 23. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Enidda was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Now she works as a writing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Artistic, Logical, Fighting. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp.