Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Peren enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Apothecary, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and grey pants. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Shax was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Servant. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Servant responsibilities is difficult; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Kody was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Glassblower for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is still thick. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Bendoo lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.