Description: He usually wears his violet robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He 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, Erdan studied abroad. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting illithids, the young Erdan began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her crest is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ruloth was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Junk Dealer. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 60 gp. Malachite (12 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is a Performer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a violet shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He struck the Stableman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand his business

Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 330 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a fancy tan suit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Mara was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Jelenneth hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Her childhood dream was to be a Adventurer, but she was a colossal failure. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Jelenneth was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp.