Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Gifted from a young age, Patrick studied abroad. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gûnd was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gûnd grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gûnd. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Xanaphia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has a crush on the local shipwright

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a large white jacket. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Azdûsh enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he very much looks the part of a Dilettante. He wears his black crest down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.