Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a blue vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He found a children's book about a Elf Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Watson hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks and is in decent physical shape. His hair is silver and curly. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has taken up work as a Map Maker and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 150 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Althaea was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Sard (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Qemuel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Amber (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rose (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).