Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His hair is brown and curly. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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: He was raised in a plains tribe. Ar-Karo was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ar-Karo decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed flail, just in case. He has orange fur. His ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Alberich speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.