Description: 6'5" and muscular, this western man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair is lengthy. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Reynard studied abroad. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Reynard has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants. His hair is red and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Architect does. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Architect. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

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. After coming to the age of reason, William took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, William and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp).