Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 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 wants to get laid; and he's in love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Richard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Richard decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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 son.

History: Oriel hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.