Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. His hair is chestnut and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a interpreter again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his black fur. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Fragrant was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Fragrant was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Fragrant's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears a fancy brown suit. His brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 pp. Hematite (7 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Hematite (7 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His black fur is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the east. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.