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 prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Laucian was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with his Miller father left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Azurite (13 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head, marred by beers. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. He has a hunchback. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 sp. Azurite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.