Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'5" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 Masseuse. He struck the Masseuse job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a spice merchant again

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Through the years after Varis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Varis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Cook like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Dreali was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dreali decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: He is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).