Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Jade (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Jet (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (100 gp). Sard (80 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). White pearl (100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He is portly but not overly obese. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hunter grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. He wears his green crest down. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Medrash was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 12000 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Rose (20 gp). Coral (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Amber (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Coral (150 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She keeps her long black crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp).

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. He has no hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker violet hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Liftrasa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.