Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and nunchakus. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'5". He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. His hair is brown and curly. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears just a green suit. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Ur-Dag wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Amber (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears skinny pants and wears a white and brown robe with the hood down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His copper crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Hirrathak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).