Description: This late middle aged man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior and is in decent physical shape. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Butcher. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A true patriot, Conrad would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Butcher like his mother before him.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Jasper (60 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Justin was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 14000 cp. Citrine (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp).