Description: This light-skinned male is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. A gifted student he started as a Bounty Hunter, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp. Rose (60 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He has moderate length red hair. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a crush on the local mason

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Assassin like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Sard (80 gp). Amber (50 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a great chef.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.