Description: This western man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 pp. Jade (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a flail on his belt. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bather but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Koeth was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bather. He became a Bather soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His tied-back hair is auburn. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His silver hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Aramil hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Aramil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 10000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His hair is short and golden. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Soveliss lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.