Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Ghesh was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 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: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'10". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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 was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His red fur is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). White pearl (90 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a fancy grey suit, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Dustin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When Ielenia reached her early adolescence her Elf mother 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 left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 pp.