Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, marred by chocolates. He wears his auburn hair up. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with yellow slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Glassblower, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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 Shoemaker. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Jet (70 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Coral (70 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a very tight haircut. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Nim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Coral (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.