Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Fonkin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Fonkin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her scarlet crest down. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Hoglik enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Hagren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). White opal (800 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Osco has worked very hard to control his curse. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is white and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her youth she was a Herbalist, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 17000 sp. Black pearl (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.