Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has silver hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Berrian liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a white vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Rael hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shoemaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cook, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortspear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Mindartis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south to a Engraver, Mindartis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1300 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a blue scarf, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has violet eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a very tight haircut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1100 gp.