Description: An older man who prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Peren was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Koeth is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Koeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He wears dull white sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Erevan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.