Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear flannel. His blonde hair is still thick. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1900 sp. Jasper (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Hupe speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Hupe has worked very hard to control his curse. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ulfgar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Cynical, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and carries scimitars. He has silver hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bricklayer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

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 typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Scribe. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Scribe. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.