Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears yellow trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Conrad learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Performer, but he was a colossal failure. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This eastern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no crest. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Nithther was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Ploughman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 sp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of aquamarine and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 260 gp.