Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Banker born in the past three hundred years. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Azaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. Being a Banker 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears professional attire, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his golden hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2500 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are green.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Paelias was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Paelias's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Azaki was taken on many hunting expeditions. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Azaki never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 19000 sp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp).