Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Aldous was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Aldous has worked very hard to control his curse. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Jocelyn was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and balancing his hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Slave, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats, marred by chocolates. He has moderate length blonde hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a black vest and prefers white and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Hugh was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: To end his boredom; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt.