Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is physically well-built. His hair is black and curly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Theren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. 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 has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Nim is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Nim was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His white hair is still thick. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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 retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.