Description: An older man who is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is lengthy. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. After months of barely getting by, Ernest managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 3 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his monstrous two handed axe. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Merchant does, and carries halberds. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Merchant, Valanthe learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

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

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp.