Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Merchant business.

History: Akoth was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Debt, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'10" eastern woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bricklayer born in the past three hundred years. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is short and green. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Mugrunden hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. 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: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Jet (120 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears professional attire. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he very much looks the part of a Miller. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Conrad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Conrad liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her brown robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy auburn hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Rael was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Soapmaker. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.