Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Watson fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Good lock.

Description: This malnourished man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Dustin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull black iron scale mail. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has moderate length golden hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He got into the Doctor business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Doctor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.