Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman is typically in her Animal Trainer uniform. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 290 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is physically well-built. His bronze crest is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his scythe. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. To his fellows he 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Broce alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a blue coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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 has never given up on his singing dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jet (70 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and she perpetually has her lance ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Jezebeth is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Jezebeth took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is black and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of a Layabout, who enjoyed hunting, Hadarai was taken on many hunting expeditions. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: He's in love; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver pearl (60 gp).