Description: Standing 3'11", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and longbows. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1300 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Olunt is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He worked as a nervous Servant and found it very stressful. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Map Maker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Good lock. 1 Simple lock. 1 Climber’s kit.