Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and green tie. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is blonde. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Anverth was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Anverth decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a lance on his belt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is white. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Osco was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Osco's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Osco and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

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

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. John grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did John. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.