Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired him part-time. Dustin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern woman wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Emmeline was born the youngest of three triplets. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Eva hails from a village terrorized by giants. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a Soapmaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. She's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.