Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

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, Heian 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is physically well-built. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and yellow pants. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Theriatis isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. Theriatis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in a small desert village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 93. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Koeth was born the youngest of three triplets. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey vest and prefers red and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Architect. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp. Hematite (15 gp).