Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red spinel (80 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nim has worked very hard to control his curse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He struck the Shoemaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'5" southern man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amber (130 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'1", this man wears a fancy pastel suit. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.