Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 160 gp. Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has black hair. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nelkin is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Nelkin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Nelkin was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Nelkin was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Eldon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Adventurer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's in love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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 made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His gray fur is knotted and matted. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Tricking was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.