Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. John enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: John was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an entirely white suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has white hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 23. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amber (130 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.