Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Percival was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Thunderstones. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: An older man who wears a black vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Nicholas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Knight profession.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a long, tan cloak. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Cory lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Dean learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (11 gp).