Description: Standing 5'10", this man is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Bûth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 170 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'6" western man, he wears a violet collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

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. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Sethrekar was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 sp. Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has wavy golden hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Halander speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'4" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Crampernap is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Being a Bookbinder kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Coral (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 sp. Red spinel (80 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.