Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Rose (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Peren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Architect, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Guard. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Buckler. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.