Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has moderate length white hair. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear black tank tops with blue pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the west to a Bounty Hunter, Peter learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Bounty Hunter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: This eastern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Percival studied abroad. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Gomory was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.