Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Paelias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Detective, but he got bored and became a Performer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Coral (120 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Rose (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black opal (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has moderate length black hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and he perpetually has his rapier ready. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Ar-Kaius is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the south. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ar-Kaius fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Jet (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tailor. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the east to a Tailor, Adrik learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Tailor.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His hair is silver and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 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: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her gold crest is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Amber (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Jade (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Sard (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.