Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Dean is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Dean learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a blue suit. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spy arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is a Sage first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears her white hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Animal Trainer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Animal Trainer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Animal Trainer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. 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 feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.