Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shepherd. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 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: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Thar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1300 pp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. A true patriot, Katherine would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When Katherine reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1300 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. He has shaved his head bald. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Theren was born with his father's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Apothecary, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise green.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Millicent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her first spouse was a Carter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.