Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 pp. Red garnet (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is cut short. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Feng enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Navigator. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Ahvain was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ahvain's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. His silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.