Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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, Gardain grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Jet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Anthony lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears skinny pants and wears a white and violet robe with the hood down. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carter business.

History: Sarai was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 4'2" western man, he wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and someone believes him a fraud

Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the east to a Body Guard, Kelter learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kelter grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kelter. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She uses divination through singing.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Geva has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp.