Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His hair is blonde and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his trident, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Terse, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1900 gp. Coral (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears professional attire. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue diamond (5000 gp). Rose (50 gp). Amber (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.