Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Coral (160 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears just a black suit. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 gp.