Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. 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 a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: 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.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available he will default to his hand crossbow. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Shipwright mother left him crippled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Ronwe was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ronwe decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Qualen grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears professional attire. His silver hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.