Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Aramil was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aramil's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aramil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Eva lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

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

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Amber (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Fisher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fisher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Cimer began to lead the lost caravan. After a long history of fighting, Cimer and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a painter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he very much looks the part of a Tanner. His black hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a yellow suit. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bowyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and violet handkerchief worn on her left side. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Carlin hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Through the years after Carlin was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Carlin's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 sp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is still thick. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Akmen grew up listening to his father's many stories. Akmen was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1400 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rose (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.