Description: He wears brown trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alexandre is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He struck the Mason job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Kilvar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Kilvar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Holg studied abroad. In his 12th 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. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A 5'5" southern woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Barber first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the south. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a white feathered hat and white clothes, and is pretty ugly. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His first spouse was a Performer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. He is physically well-built. He has a very tight haircut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: This woman wears a green shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she very much looks the part of a Weaver. She wears her blue crest up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Kava was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.