Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She has moderate length scarlet crest. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east to a Courier, Burana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his red fur up. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in a small desert village. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local brewer

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Rimple was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Butcher mother left him crippled. He struck the Gardener job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Norman was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Norman decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.