Description: She dresses like a well dressed Cook does. Her yellow fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is a Cook first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is typically in his Map Maker uniform. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 130 gp. White pearl (60 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Bathin was born with his father's beautiful face. Bathin was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bathin decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 110 gp.