Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Golden pearl (60 gp). Malachite (12 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.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is physically well-built. His tied-back hair is golden. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahvain grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 180 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and shortspears. His red hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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, Galinndan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Jeweler 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: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears skinny pants and wears a red and green robe with the hood down. He has wavy white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 get a good night's sleep; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is thinning but still full. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Ivellios was born the youngest of three triplets. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jet (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).