Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'9" when asserting himself. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Painter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 Painter. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. He wears his bronze crest down. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Vrondiss was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Detective. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a grey collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She has worked as a Barkeep like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a miller again

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tattered old clothes. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.