Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Thorpe wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is typically in his Butcher uniform. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 97. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2200 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is silver and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60000 cp. Iolite (60 gp). Jade (130 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'5". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Three hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she very much looks the part of a Farmer. Her brass crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.