Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and he perpetually has his sai ready. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: Himo hails from a village terrorized by goblins. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Apothecary. He struck the Apothecary job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is black and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Travok embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Travok was born with his mother's beautiful face. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Umpen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Umpen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Umpen took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 27000 sp. Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 sp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.