Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Golden pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Dilettante, Gilbert learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear green tank tops with black pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His red crest is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Greethen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.