Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His green crest is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 11000 sp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white crest is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Assassin, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bounty Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Beloril isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Citrine (50 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Veit is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'11". She is wearing a long, grey cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a club. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the north to a Farmer, Marastyr learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1400 sp.