Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Aldous learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Laborer and found it very stressful. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Trym wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Emerald (1200 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Sard (20 gp). White pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 5 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his red robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a fancy white suit. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his silver hair up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Ernest learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 17th 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 struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.