Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

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. Bhevek enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is cut short. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adrik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A 5'2" southern man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has no hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2400 sp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.