Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a black suit, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and purple. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Merihim has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 11000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has dyed his greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Kaladan abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has worked as a Bather like his father before him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears dull brown sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case and is in decent physical shape. His golden hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Alberich was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (90 gp). White opal (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Star ruby (400 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a violet coat. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mary embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on her torso, she is not a threatening figure. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Seamstress. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Seamstress but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She tends to her Seamstress job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.