Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. His white hair is still thick. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1600 gp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

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. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At some point she was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brown fur down. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2100 gp. Amber (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). 3 Antitoxin.