Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the east to a Gardener, Malmûg learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 cp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: She wears grey trousers with black and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is black and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Jarana's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Red spinel (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Locksmith business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 310 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. He has chestnut hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His golden hair is still thick. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. During his travels, Ahvain and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Ahvain discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Ahvain fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Nora 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. Nora 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. She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He very much looks the part of a Merchant. His copper crest is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Pijjirik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears long strands of emerald and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While he appears to be a normal Half-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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bagabug fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).