Description: This southern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Coral (120 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy black fur. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'1" and wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants. 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 is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Selfish, Ugly. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and longswords. He keeps his long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).