Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jet (130 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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 by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with yellow slacks. His auburn hair is cut short. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nutae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Azaki was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 sp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rose (40 gp).