Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 14000 cp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Seamstress, his father struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Junk Dealer. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). White opal (1400 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has moderate length golden hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His first spouse was a Priest, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man usually wears his green robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dustin grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1300 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).