Description: This tall, slender man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in the north to a Baker, Curran learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Zaffrab was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His black fur, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.