Description: He is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy blue dress. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. Jasper (60 gp).