Description: 6'6" and muscular, this southern man prefers to wear flannel. His white hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a yellow shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His auburn hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Bernard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Priest. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dyer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Bertram learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is an epitome of beauty. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Because his father 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 east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.