Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'4" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Alberich was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, black shirt, and tan tie. She keeps her copper crest in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his black eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Xappan was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears dull green sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her purple hair to look like a famous performer. 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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Rieta and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is black and curly. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. She tends to her Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 sp. Hematite (5 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is dressed in an above average manner. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Antitoxin. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A 3'2" northern woman, she wears a tan collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her head has been shaved. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Meena was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Debt, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a simple tan robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her hair is brown and curly. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.