Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Arumawann wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has moderate length dark red hair. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Merihim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Agatha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 110 gp. White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: Ribbles wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Ribbles enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ribbles grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ribbles never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a green coat with yellow slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her first spouse was a Miner, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Animal Trainer and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Zâthra is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Zâthra abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 15000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a great chef.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 sp. Amber (90 gp).