Description: An older man who wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. He has black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Caeldrim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 150 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). Jet (140 gp). White opal (700 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Coral (140 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears black trousers with grey and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a hunchback. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shipwright. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has moderate length silver hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, and his gloved hand is found clutching a flail. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Traki embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. 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: Born in the south to a Cartwright, Traki learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. 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 whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ahvain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 sp. Amber (80 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).