Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'7" and is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Uthemar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and flails. His hair is brown and curly. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Paelias was born with his father's beautiful face. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. 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 wavy black hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 140 pp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a hunchback. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp.