Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a violet tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith, she is not a threatening figure. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Through the years after Charles was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Charles's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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 desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp. Onyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Malachite (16 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp).