Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has moderate length silver hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top red hat.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Azaki is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a junk dealer again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow top hat and yellow clothes, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length golden hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Farmer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the south to a Farmer, Hadarai learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. He has shaved his head bald. His ears are large.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Korfel 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. Korfel decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Being a Miller kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Laucian's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.