Description: A man of a pale complexion, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His tied-back hair is blonde. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 Sage, his father struggled to pay the bills. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Mindartis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a green coat with yellow slacks. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Nutae is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of a Navigator, who enjoyed hunting, Nutae was taken on many hunting expeditions. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a worn and beaten armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

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. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Bolhild is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north to a Unemployed, Wella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the south. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.