Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green top hat and green clothes. She wears her scarlet crest down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 Brewer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. She has wavy silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fletcher who has hired her part-time. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local carpenter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).