Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paymon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Paymon took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up quarterstaff and armor he uses now. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1900 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tan trousers with red and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Through the years after Erdan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Erdan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the south. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, pastel shirt, and tan tie. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Hobart was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Hematite (5 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a colorful flower in her orange fur. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her copper eyes.

Personality: Drifting 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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Coral (70 gp). 4 Holy water.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lucan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Lucan. He has worked as a Sellsword like his father before him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, marred by sweets. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Ar-Karo took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up flail and armor he uses now. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1500 sp.