Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: White pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Wobbles was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned 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 brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 4'10" western man, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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 was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Suhnae has worked very hard to control his curse. He bought a sickle and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears professional attire. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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 daughter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Zepar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

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

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is silver and curly. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She keeps her orange fur in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gale was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This malnourished man very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Pijjirik is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Pijjirik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Baker, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp.