Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has moderate length white hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Carnelian (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Sard (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, violet cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Efferil is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Doctor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His golden hair is lengthy. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Ahvain 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. Ahvain 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. 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.