Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has red hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His first spouse was a Jeweler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 150 pp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). White opal (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Rose (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). White opal (600 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears long strands of amethyst and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Rurik's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This eastern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. After a long history of fighting, Tordek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.