Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear brown tank tops with grey pants. His silver hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in the north to a Bowyer, Gerald learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Bowyer. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. After a long history of fighting, Nemeia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He tends to wear a large black jacket. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His copper crest is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Direcris was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. With bright black hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gurdis isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2700 sp. Jet (160 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 10000 sp. Hematite (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a pastel shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and violet pants. His lavender fur is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. Five 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Five was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.