Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. His hair is white and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Tharivol hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has achieved small success as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Black pearl (1100 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Enialis grew up listening to his father's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Enialis took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with red slacks. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Theren began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Carnelian (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a brown vest and prefers yellow and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Lamlis was born the youngest of three triplets. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.