Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a pastel shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Himo was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is short and chestnut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Barrister. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1200 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'7". He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Theriatis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Theriatis took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up morningstar and armor he uses now. He's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large red jacket. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Adran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.