Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears professional attire. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Butcher. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Butcher like his father before him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. 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 son.

History: Gilbert was born the youngest of three triplets. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting goblins, the young Gilbert began to lead the lost caravan. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His head has been shaved. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Chad was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.