Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Tordek was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (90 gp). Jet (90 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has moderate length red hair. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is a Crown-heir first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair is still thick. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a Assassin, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to be a assassin again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 gp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears just a green suit. Her hair is dark red and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the east to a Masseuse, Akta learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She tends to her Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp.