Description: This dark-skinned male is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahvain studied abroad. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive, Insomniac. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Eiravel lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Detective, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Amber (150 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 8000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Coral (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Sard (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Rose (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Major magic item.