Description: This man very much looks the part of a Animal Trainer. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dull green sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Stylist born in the past three hundred years. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Sora was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Stylist job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He very much looks the part of a Painter. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp. Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.