Description: A middle-aged man, he is typically in his Merchant uniform, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and scythes. Her brown hair is lengthy. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Antinua is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is short and black. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quelenna is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great joy in being the best Slave Trader in town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. After a long history of fighting, Wobbles and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spy responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Pink pearl (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: Findex speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Body Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Broce was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his black hair up. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3100 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp).