Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 powerful slaver made him what he is. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. Aquamarine (400 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Coral (90 gp). Black opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Avice hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears tan trousers with red and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Oriel was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Body Guard. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and money/treasure

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.