Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Azurite (9 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: An older man who sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, he is not a threatening figure. He has done his best to style his purple hair to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, and carries halberds. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Faran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a green feathered hat and green clothes. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by his family; and to be a banker again

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp.