Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Uthemar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He worked as a nervous Spy and found it very stressful. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears yellow trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Naeris has worked very hard to control his curse. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black opal (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair is cut short. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.