Description: This southern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

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

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Suhnae lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Armorer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Jade (160 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is blonde and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Naal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He has brown hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the south to a Slave Trader, Theren learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Theren has worked very hard to control his curse. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1300 gp. Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.