Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His hair is silver and curly. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Amber (90 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black fur, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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 struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1400 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp).

Description: This western woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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 raised in a forest tribe. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 240 pp. Jade (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).