Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is lengthy. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 170 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He wears a white coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Fisher. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of shortbows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Shoemaker uniform. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Armara is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a flail and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp).