Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Efferil was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a flattop hair cut. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1900 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears tattered old clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Soapmaker. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born into a rich family. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a Glassblower, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Black pearl (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Coral (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Jade (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.