Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and monstrous two handed axes. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Bowyer business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a bowyer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Performer, her father struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with her Performer father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Hematite (16 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Bather business at a young age. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He has dyed his greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses divination through singing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Valorean was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

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. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Fisher. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 pp. Onyx (30 gp).