Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 pp. Sard (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'6", this man tends to wear a large blue jacket. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aldous studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Bather, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.