Description: An older man who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Azaki enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. Azaki 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. Azaki 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Citrine (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and scimitars. His red hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Halimath. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Amber (150 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1400 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Rose (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Nim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a great chef.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.