Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Hupe 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Moonstone (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She keeps her white crest in a pixie cut. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She tends to her Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Warrior 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 230 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this western man wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his chestnut hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a great chef.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Coral (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Rose (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and green tie. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Barakas was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with his Spice Merchant father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. He wears his black hair down. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Aelar 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.