Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Barendd will drive conversation. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Barendd took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up glaive and armor he uses now. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 250 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has no hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Immeral was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Immeral's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears skinny pants and wears a violet and black robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in a small forest village. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local architect

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1900 gp. Rose (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'5". She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. Her brown hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Reeza speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Carpenter. She's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.