Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Fargas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.