Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are amber.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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 into a rich family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 terrified, and will act out of fear; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned male wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1700 sp.

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 has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ralf studied abroad. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ralf never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.