Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Through the years after Dustin was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Dustin's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a large tan jacket, and is pretty ugly. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ahvain was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. She has red hair. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Anakis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has purple hair. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Painter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 cp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of shortbows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a violet vest and prefers brown and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Theren never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.