Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His white hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: Ekemon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He tends to his Bellfounder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Slave Trader. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'8" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Farideh was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. 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: She got into the Armorer business at a young age. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.