Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has wavy black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nim embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Nim took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gennal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Azurite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Himo. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 sp. Coral (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shoemaker profession.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Berrian was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Priest again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.