Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his black crest up. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Sage. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His hair is silver and very short. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Umpen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Umpen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Umpen decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He tends to his Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has moderate length auburn hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Orsik was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Orsik's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp. Rose (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ûgakûga was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Braak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 9000 sp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.