Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern man dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Wiggens was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stableman. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman usually wears her brown robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder. She wears her brown hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has worked as a Performer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and carries bastard swords. His red hair is braided into rings. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her bronze crest is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Prosperine speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Prosperine was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She became a Glassblower soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Bonds: In love, Family, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. His black crest is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 sp.