Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky black painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40000 cp. Jet (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tan vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Gruk 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. Gruk 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 being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 sp.