Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Arannis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arannis grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Layabout; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Junk Dealer and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a large black jacket. Her blue hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Vapula was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1300 sp.