Description: This malnourished man wears a red deerstalker hat and red clothes. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gilbert does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Violet garnet (800 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. After a long history of fighting, Justin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A middle-aged man, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Sard (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.