Description: This tall, slender man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Kyle was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Navigator, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Dimble hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After a long history of fighting, Dimble and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is typically in his Seamstress uniform. He wears his golden hair down. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. In his youth he was a Sculptor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).