Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rurik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 east; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is physically well-built. Her long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp.