Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair is chestnut and curly. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Qualen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Qualen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tricking is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Tricking learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.