Description: Standing 5'3", this man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Azaki is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 8. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Laucian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2200 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears baggy tan pantaloons and a blue scarf. His hair is red and very short. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Rose (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Carter uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 pp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). White opal (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Blue sapphire (700 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has a hunchback. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Riardon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Riardon was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.