Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Umpen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Shoemaker. He's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Blue quartz (9 gp). Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his gray fur up. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 31. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and yellow pants, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the south to a Slave Trader, Gildmak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Slave Trader. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Antitoxin.