Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

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 a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gilbert was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Mamnen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a fancy grey suit. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Ernest was born with his father's beautiful face. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brass crest is matted, messy, and big. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She has worked as a Hunter like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: 2300 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: She wears a white vest and prefers violet and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook. He carries a battered sickle and tarnished nunchaku as well. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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, Orsik grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Cook. He's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Hunter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Jade (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are violet.

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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Zog reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).