Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, marred by teas. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Whurbin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Whurbin 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. Whurbin decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

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 is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: A 5'8" western man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Ûggû wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. He wears his silver hair down. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Jade (120 gp).