Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of a Glassblower, who enjoyed hunting, Ellyjoybell was taken on many hunting expeditions. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

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. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 gp.