Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Star ruby (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and violet tie, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ishte studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man usually wears his white robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He uses divination through singing.

History: Shamash was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a violet shirt with thin red vertical stripes and white pants. His black hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Laucian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Joan was born the youngest of three triplets. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. She has worked as a Apothecary like her father before her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and balancing her hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.