Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. Paymon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Peridot (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Xappan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His crest is bronze and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Painter uniform. He wears his brown hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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, Drogo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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. Drogo was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Painter. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears long strands of topaz and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Laucian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1100 sp.