Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is blonde and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Miles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has auburn hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Dean has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.