Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a brown vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His tied-back hair is blonde. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Odo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). White opal (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Tarak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Detective, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Amber (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her ears are large.

Personality: Brakka wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 pp. Rose (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Coral (70 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tanner. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Tanner; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).