Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Server, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

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 invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Henry lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trym was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 16000 cp.