Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Anselm's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Barrister, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Barkeep. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a Ruler, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Armorer profession.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Anselm will drive conversation. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. Jasper (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is silver and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a great chef.

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 an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 feels threatened by others; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.