Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. 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 sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries monstrous two handed axes. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'10" eastern man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a fancy red suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise blue.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barrister work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barrister work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barrister responsibilities is difficult; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 900 gp.