Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sarai hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Sarai was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She became a Barkeep soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His hair is brown and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born into a rich family. Dûsh 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: White opal (1400 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses like a well dressed Armorer does. His beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Emerald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Gale never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black tunic with violet highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is copper, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Arjhan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arjhan decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

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

Flaws: Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 46000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Miller soon after.

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

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 pp. Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). White opal (900 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. His white hair is cut short. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Ribbles was born with his mother's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Carter, but he was a colossal failure. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 pp.