Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Ribbles wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: An older man who wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Fargas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt. He has shaved his head bald. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He's also a talented Mayor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, white cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Veit was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jade (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.