Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He usually wears his grey robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. His hair is brown and very short. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Carrie was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He very much looks the part of a Beggar. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the south to a Soapmaker, Adran learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Adran grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Adran. 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp).

Description: A 4'8" western man, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lamlis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Lamlis was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item.