Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a hunchback. His black hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A true patriot, Charles would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He has worked as a Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 3 Thunderstones. 1 Holy water. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: A powerful wizard made him what he is. 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: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Gerard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Balimaar was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Azurite (15 gp).