Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, marred by chocolates. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Junk Dealer. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 sp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Balimaar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's also a talented Sage, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mercenary business.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ermina was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mercenary. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 4 Holy water. 1 Antitoxin. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Junk Dealer profession.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20000 cp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).