Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 210 pp. Obsidian (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'11" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Ivellios hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is golden. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (1000 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: He wears a blue collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and carries halberds. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Azaki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: 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; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item.