Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Eran enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the east to a Junk Dealer, Eran learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 Junk Dealer. She has worked as a Junk Dealer like her father before her.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 18000 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born into a rich family. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Cimer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His fur is lavender and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Carter business.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).