Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple red robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aelar studied abroad. 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 Mayor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 14000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 900 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Ivellios hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

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 is an amazing painter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp.