Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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. Frederick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 150 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fancy black dress. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Pyra hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Irish accent

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

Description: She wears professional attire, and carries sickles. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears violet trousers with blue and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Galinndan grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2300 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is white and very short. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a great chef.

History: Dain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Dain took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 gp.