Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is an amazing painter.

History: Raer lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Cook job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple yellow robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Arannis was taken on many hunting expeditions. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erdan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Erdan. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; 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: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 pp. Rose (80 gp). Jade (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.