Description: This man stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. A freak accident while working with his Knight father left him crippled. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Average lock.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Miner, but he got bored and became a Butcher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2600 sp. White opal (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A freak accident while working with his Mason father left him crippled. 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: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He uses divination through singing.

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. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.