Description: A 5'11" southern man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heward fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Sard (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He usually wears his brown robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Rurik was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His bronze crest is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Direcris was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Suhnae was born with his mother's beautiful face. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely white suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bather. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Bather.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Two Llamas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 19000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.