Description: This malnourished man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair is still thick. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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 studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. A true patriot, Randal would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a pastel costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His fur is black and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 pp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is short and auburn. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dragonborn activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dragonborn doctor. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3100 sp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.