Description: He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Carter. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his auburn hair up. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of warhammers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ekemon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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. Ekemon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Spring is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Spring was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 Spice Merchant. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his blue hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the west to a Painter, Chem learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He struck the Painter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Amber (150 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.