Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His crest is bronze and very short. His eyes are gold.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born into a rich family. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears just a yellow suit. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Isabella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 130 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Oriel hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents enrolled her in a Rogue school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 360 gp.

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 well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Zepar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp.