Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Shane is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length white hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand her business; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She sports auburn long hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. 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 Map Maker. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.