Description: This eastern man wears a simple red robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his white hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Amber (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: A 3'2" western man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Architect but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Violet garnet (800 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jade (160 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.

Description: This woman tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her fur is cut close to her head. This copper eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sweet studied abroad. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Iolite (40 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Ashgarn was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ashgarn was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Herbalist. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ashgarn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished spear as well. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small violet hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gilbert hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.