Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a violet collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, marred by chocolates. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is content

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Coral (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a red scarf. He carries a battered spear and tarnished hand crossbow as well. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears professional attire. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Thomas hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Through the years after Thomas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Thomas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Amber (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.