Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and black tie. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Naal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Eiravel was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Eiravel decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the south. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear flannel. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A true patriot, Tharivol would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His childhood dream was to be a Bather, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Baker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 280 pp.