Description: This eastern man prefers to wear flannel. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is red and curly. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the west to a Bather, Heian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His crest is green and very short. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver ewer (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).