Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the south to a Dilettante, Roland learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Theodoric lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Banker, but he got bored and became a Seamstress. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hugh embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 cp.