Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Chad speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great joy in being the best Slave Trader in town.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'10", this woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Yvonne does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her red hair is well kept. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Avice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Full Plate.