Description: He is wearing a long, red cloak. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the south to a Bather, Purban learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Bather. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Azaki was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 310 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her crest is red and very short. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1800 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a hunchback. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Layabout. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.