Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Banker. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Selfish, PTSD, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Amber (110 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jade (110 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears silk and lounges about seductively, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ulla never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears brown trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Helja studied abroad. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair is braided into rings. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She is a Succubi in disguise. She 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. After a long history of fighting, Egelina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rose (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His gold crest is long and unkept. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is a Tanner first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Tanner responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).