Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. His hair is short and blonde. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Uthemar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brown diamond (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 Dilettante. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and clubs. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ahvain is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.