Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Nalral was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nalral never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helja grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Farmer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a fancy grey dress, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is content; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1800 pp. Red garnet (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an entirely yellow suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She is a Doppelganger in disguise. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black opal (500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Mason, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born in the east. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 pp. Red garnet (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.