Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rose (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Rose (50 gp). Jet (130 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). White opal (900 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Emerald (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and yellow robe with the hood down. He has dyed his greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He is baby faced.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Coral (160 gp). Sard (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, grey shirt, and violet tie. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Zanna took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Carnelian (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1800 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp).