Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His green crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and 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

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes and is in decent physical shape. His tied-back hair is silver. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Banker, but he was a colossal failure. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 pp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His black eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Tethren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dyer and was forced into it by his family; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Alvyn 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. Alvyn 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. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 36000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.