Description: This western man very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gruk's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gruk was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears blue trousers with violet and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, marred by beers. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Heward learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his youth he was a Locksmith, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and yellow robe with the hood down. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Skirt was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Skirt's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Skirt and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Quarion hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.