Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants and is in decent physical shape. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Ar-Gul lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Navigator, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Decarabia studied abroad. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Weaver. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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 in the east to a Weaver, Bilbron learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Weaver. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, 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 purple hair is lengthy. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp).

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Hrathy has worked very hard to control her curse. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and revenge

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length scarlet crest. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hirrathak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has done her best to style her brown fur to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Elegant hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elegant 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 Elegant. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: An older woman who dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south to a Junk Dealer, Willow learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 6'3" eastern man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Balimaar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.