Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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 prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Peter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Spy, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and human compassion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp.