Description: This western man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blue crest is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west to a Fletcher, Gorbundus learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. He has no hair. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Akmen has worked very hard to control his curse. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His auburn hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Interpreter father left him crippled. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His black hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is greedy

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.