Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Qualen hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Qualen abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a grey collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She is an epitome of beauty. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'3". He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Veit was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 pp. Sard (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jet (100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mialee studied abroad. Through the years after Mialee was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Mialee's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Sard (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her blonde hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nikki grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 pp. Blue diamond (5000 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Azurite (8 gp). White pearl (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west. Through the years after Zook was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Zook's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently the stress of being a Spice Merchant has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.