Description: This man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants, he is not a threatening figure. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 14000 cp.

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.