Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (40 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tanner who has hired him part-time. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 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: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Jet (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished crossbow as well. His hair is brown and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Uthemar was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and doesn't want to be a baker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple black robe with white stripes complete with hood. He has brown hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. After months of barely getting by, Naill managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.