Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Zephan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Tanner business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has worked as a Tanner like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears his silver hair up. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Bathin was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 32000 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).