Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Merchant business.

History: Adelard was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 37000 sp. Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his auburn hair down. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Kyle is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Kyle reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. 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 very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He got into the Mayor business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.