Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Fabien alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a blue suit. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blue crest is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Eggren learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a shipwright again

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Silk rope. 1 Magnifying glass.