Description: This younger middle-aged man wears baggy red pantaloons and a yellow scarf, and a wedding ring on his left hand. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Nelkin was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her brown hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. A true patriot, Xanaphia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2 Smokesticks.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 360 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: A 5'10" northern woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Ilga was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Glassblower. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.