Description: Standing 5'3", this woman wears just a green suit. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Barakas grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Brogg has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

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 prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. With bright silver hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Ridaro was taken on many hunting expeditions. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is typically in her Knight uniform. Her auburn hair is still thick. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Traulam studied abroad. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.