Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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 freak accident while working with his Ruler father left him crippled. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Shepherd, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. He has no hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

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. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Don never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of sapphire and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Bernard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Moonstone (40 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: A 5'6" northern man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has moderate length brown hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Adam's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Adam was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Antitoxin.