Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A true patriot, Zephan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His childhood dream was to be a Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1600 pp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Jade (130 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a green vest and prefers violet and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has dyed her greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His ears are large.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Fallond was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a layabout and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Jade (140 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He takes great joy in being the best Soapmaker in town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Rose (30 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: She very much looks the part of a Guard. She is physically well-built. With wild blonde hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Jade (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. She has slicked back golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.