Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Chad is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Chad was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Chad's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30000 cp. Rose (30 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Anthony was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 16000 sp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Jet (70 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is auburn and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Reynard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp.