Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars, and he perpetually has his lance ready. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Fallond lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 pp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). White pearl (140 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has moderate length blue crest. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: He got into the Stableman business at a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Emotional, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, white cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 11000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 13000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Coral (110 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jade (110 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Amber (130 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Rose (40 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.