Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Chad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Chad hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and to be a miner again

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Reynard was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Healer. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Percival alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 34000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.