Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Donaar took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Jet (80 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jade (80 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Citrine (30 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a shortspear on his belt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and blonde. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He takes great joy in being the best Doctor in town.

History: Ahvain was born with his father's beautiful face. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small yellow hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Anne was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 pp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jet (160 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Coral (160 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (5 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.