Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has black hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Elaim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He wears his brown hair up. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 25. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is an amazing painter.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Anselm began to lead the lost caravan. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he tends to wear a large red jacket. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired him part-time. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this eastern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ûkshak studied abroad. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.