Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roger studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His hair is short and white. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Peren grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants, marred by beers. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Emmeline was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Emmeline's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elegant grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fancy black suit. He has moderate length white hair. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Animal Trainer, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears just a violet suit. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After months of barely getting by, Erevan managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Calcitro hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but he was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Calcitro and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has no fur. His ears are large.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.