Description: This younger middle-aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is short and red. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Eloise abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His golden hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in the east. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. 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, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bertram grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: He was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.