Description: This eastern man very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His clothes are grease stained in places. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Aust hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in a small island village. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath 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 Halimath. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 11000 sp. Jet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is thinning but still full. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in the south. Korfel was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Performer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp).