Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His silver crest is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Direcris hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This southern man wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length auburn hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Broce is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Broce was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an entirely red suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his green crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A 4'9" southern woman, she wears baggy green pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Carter who has hired her part-time. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Herbalist; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a tan vest and prefers brown and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Zaffrab was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Zaffrab decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His hair is brown and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fallond embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Fallond and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. She has violet eyes and a violet hat with a red feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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 born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His white hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He uses divination through singing.

History: Amnon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp. Amber (50 gp). 2 Antitoxin.