Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. One day when Dain was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Dain was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Ruler, his father struggled to pay the bills. Lucan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lucan decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'7". She wears tattered old clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Barrister first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Huru is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a Body Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Amethyst (100 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She tends to wear a large white jacket. She has a hunchback. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are green and catlike.

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 would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Verna was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a great chef.

History: Veit lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has done her best to style her silver crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. At a young age her father died while driving off some goblins. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in sickle use. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He usually wears his violet robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. He has moderate length red hair. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Raer was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a sickle and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Military, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.