Description: 4'5" and muscular, this western man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alberich was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Alberich and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple grey robe with white stripes complete with hood. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oriax was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: Retire the richest man in the south; 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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is an amazing painter.

History: Bharash lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He keeps his red crest in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has brown hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has achieved small success as a Beggar.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).