Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a hunchback. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Bhevek was born the youngest of three triplets. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1800 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, black cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Brewer.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to be a bounty hunter again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 30000 cp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the west to a Carpenter, Antinua learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Carpenter and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Mayor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born into a rich family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp.