Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is braided into rings. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 12000 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Locksmith but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. A freak accident while working with her Assassin father left her crippled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 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: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ralf grew up listening to his father's many stories. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. During his travels, Ralf and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Ralf discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Ralf fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Eridred was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Baker. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Jane lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Donaar was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1700 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He keeps his long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. His yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 pp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).