Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, black shirt, and yellow tie. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Lamlis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and elven compassion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His hair is short and black. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cook but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Rose (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in the west. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.