Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is chestnut and curly. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Charles enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Charles was born with his mother's beautiful face. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears professional attire. His hair is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a Fletcher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Henry grew up listening to his father's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A true patriot, Balimaar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 35000 sp. Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He's in love; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.