Description: This man wears a violet vest and prefers pastel and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Glassblower work with an outfit from a few towns over. Glassblower work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Glassblower job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She's also a talented Bricklayer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. White pearl (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She is an epitome of beauty. She has a very tight haircut. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Malquis is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her hair is short and auburn. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gaaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Spring was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Debt. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and revenge

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a violet costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born into a rich family. Xanaphia was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Xanaphia decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.