Description: This late middle aged man dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Valafar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Mindartis's homeland. Mindartis decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star ruby (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a large green jacket. Her copper crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver crest. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Arava has worked very hard to control her curse. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a apothecary and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Mason, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Interpreter business.

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. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his brass crest up. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her brown hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in the south. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Jade (150 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has green eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Conrad isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Apothecary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Apothecary business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.