Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She got into the Masseuse business at a young age. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Dyer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Masseuse, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing her hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 9000 sp. Coral (120 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Damaia will drive conversation. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Damaia studied abroad. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has worked as a Doctor like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue sapphire (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Eleanor was born the youngest of three triplets. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Claira was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3 Antitoxin.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Jarana liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a flail on his belt. He has no fur. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Dyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has a crush on the local sellsword

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.