Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is chestnut and very short. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Traki hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the east to a Masseuse, Dariff learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 29000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.