Description: A 4'9" northern man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has auburn hair. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he very much looks the part of a Merchant. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 16000 sp. Banded agate (6 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and hammers. His tied-back hair is brown. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Naal took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 250 pp. Moonstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Laucian was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Laucian decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20000 cp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). White opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Naeris is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small desert village. 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 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.