Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is braided into rings. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Sard (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 30. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

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. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, marred by chocolates. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Adelard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Roofer for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to be a engraver again

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.