Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is black and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gerald never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Raymond was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Raymond decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad violet hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Patrick was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.