Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blue crest is heavily combed to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (100 gp).

Description: She wears a red shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her golden hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jasmine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is still thick. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Solomon studied abroad. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: Money/treasure; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.