Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is white and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by sweets. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.