Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears professional attire. His auburn hair is cut short. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Brewer profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Traki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to be a brewer again

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadarai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Tharivol was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Sard (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears long strands of amber and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. His hair is auburn and very short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Vanuath's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Vanuath took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shield and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 15000 sp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his brown hair down. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). White opal (900 gp).