Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ralf is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ralf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Interpreter, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Sumnes was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vistra does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: Igden is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Merchant business.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 25000 sp. Eye agate (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Through the years after Richard was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Richard's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carpenter and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.