Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his black hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect his home; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alexandre fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his mace with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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, Chad is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Chad lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He uses divination through singing.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His auburn hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp.