Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He carries a battered flail and tarnished lance as well. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She has violet eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She uses divination through singing.

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. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Coral (130 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Anselm was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.