Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roland embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top pastel hat.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ralf studied abroad. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Miner; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. She is portly but not overly obese. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A gifted student she started as a Stylist, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job, Debt. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Richard took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.