Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the south. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sage. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Nature, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a pastel vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries a battered lance and tarnished shortspear as well. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 cp. Tourmaline (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Thomas hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a worn and beaten armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Crown-heir. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).