Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His dark red hair is long and unkept. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His first spouse was a Junk Dealer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Quarion is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Quarion was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His hair is black and very short. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3200 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His gray fur is still thick. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miller arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He struck the Miller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and sickles. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Orsik was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has worked as a Miller like his father before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 pp. Blue sapphire (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Amber (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.