Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. A freak accident while working with his Painter mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 gp. Amber (140 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Zircon (50 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 is wearing a long, pastel cloak. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Gifted from a young age, Traki studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Traki never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lamlis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, marred by beers. He has moderate length black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahvain grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ahvain. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2300 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).