Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is auburn and curly. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Zephan was born the youngest of three triplets. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting giants, the young Zephan began to lead the lost caravan. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Map Maker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the east to a Body Guard, Alex learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He tends to his Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Average lock. 1 Hourglass. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has shaved her head bald. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a engraver again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear red tank tops with grey skirt. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).