Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Ronk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: She wears yellow trousers with red and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She has blue eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ridaro's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He usually wears his black robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. His silver hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Scrag abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. His hair is white and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.