Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Blacksmith business.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Richard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 sp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she usually wears her white robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. She wears her auburn hair up. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Bather, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Cook first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and doesn't want to be a cook and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. Zircon (50 gp). White opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

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. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.