Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He has a hunchback. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has green eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He comes from a rich western family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Caeldrim enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Through the years after Caeldrim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Caeldrim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3200 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 born into a rich family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 pp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp).