Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage 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 gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Rose (50 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His crest is scarlet and curly. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Rathkran liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rathkran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to protect her home

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 15000 sp. Red spinel (110 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amber (110 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She struck the Cook job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Jade (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and 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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Emen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).