Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does. His crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Claira and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Amber (100 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished club as well. He wears his red hair down. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He feeds upon the attention of others.

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. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Red spinel (40 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Rael is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Rael was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a doctor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Menny was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Menny's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.