Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the west to a Priest, Varis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. He tends to his Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). White opal (1000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dull white sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Spice Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp). White opal (400 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.