Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Gimurt was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: In love, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 sp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: Burto was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brass crest is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Mehen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His rusty crest is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He takes great joy in being the best Bather in town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

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

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a green and tan robe with the hood down, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His red crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'5" when asserting himself. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Burgell speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Burgell is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed trident, just in case. Her black fur is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her first spouse was a Mortician, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Engraver and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 250 gp.