Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a pastel top hat and pastel clothes. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a green shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and red pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Cloud was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is a Ruler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the east. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Folgûm was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 sp.