Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Direcris was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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 raised in a desert tribe. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Ombul was born the youngest of three triplets. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and doesn't want to be a beggar and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.