Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Barber mother left him crippled. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: This malnourished man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a red coat with yellow slacks. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Rolen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1500 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is auburn and very short. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Ahvain was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ahvain's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'1" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his black hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (800 gp).