Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has no hair. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Alexandrite (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a blue shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the east to a Soapmaker, Aerdeth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Obsidian (12 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She uses divination through singing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 350 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy blue hair. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Jezebeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Jezebeth was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 15000 sp. Banded agate (4 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed flail, just in case. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Tim was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Antitoxin. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He usually wears his brown robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. He has a very tight haircut. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).