Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gilbert never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with tan slacks. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again; and revenge

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

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 pp. Eye agate (15 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Malachite (15 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Regain custody of her son; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp. Azurite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.