Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. After a long history of fighting, Lance and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 pp. Black pearl (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'10" and wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Carpenter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carpenter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp.