Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His red hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the west. When Baern reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 270 gp. Malachite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red fur is lengthy. His copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Dyer business.

History: Ethereal hails from a village terrorized by drow. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and doesn't want to be a dyer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Cook mother left her crippled. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Spice Merchant mother left her crippled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp. Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a black collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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 born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1100 sp.