Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He works hard and plays hard.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Lewis was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Locksmith. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Gilbert 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. Gilbert decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Being a Sellsword kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He very much looks the part of a Unemployed. His golden hair is cut short. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, black cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roge embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He got into the Banker business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a banker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 140 pp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.