Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has wavy blonde hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Peren was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Peren's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Berrian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Berrian 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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Amethyst (120 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a black broad hat and black clothes. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Naill was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Naill 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. Naill decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

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 an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1500 gp.