Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears just a green suit. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This southern man very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. He has auburn hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Conrad has worked very hard to control his curse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Hunter was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears just a black suit. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.