Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Howard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but he was a colossal failure. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears professional attire. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Opinionated, Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a brown vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He has no hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black crest is still thick. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Pijjirik was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pijjirik 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.