Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Alexandre lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Performer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple green robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His crest is silver and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bharash's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a great chef.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her orange fur, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. She wears her silver hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Amber (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Amber (150 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Ghesh was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 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.