Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). Rose (80 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his spear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Bruz was born with his father's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Efferil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Aerdeth was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.