Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Berrian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Sard (40 gp). Amber (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 9000 sp. Brown diamond (4000 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Sard (30 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Lucan has worked very hard to control his curse. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 360 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy golden hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 pp. Obsidian (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, green shirt, and yellow tie, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is short and golden. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Traki was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).