Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His white hair is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy white suit. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Erdan was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sellsword. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. He has blonde hair. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Raer was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Raer never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 sp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Korfel was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).