Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Merchant business.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Iolite (20 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Seamstress who has hired him part-time. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has worked as a Miller like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 sp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: This northern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is typically in his Mortician uniform. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.