Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Kilvar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He tends to his Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with pastel slacks. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length gold crest. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Blendaeth and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His orange fur is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the east. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears black trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Actor who has hired him part-time. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer mother left him crippled. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Malachite (7 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.