Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. Gerard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a great chef.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Lance abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a simple red robe with blue stripes complete with hood, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is red and very short. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.