Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is singed and shortened. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Erdan was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Knight business.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Jade (100 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp).