Description: A 6'4" eastern man, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Gerald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is silver and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Balimaar was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Robert is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He married young, but lost his spouse to giants. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white small hat and white clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

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 is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Justin was taken on many hunting expeditions. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 sp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Eye agate (12 gp).