Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Heian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Mortician.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Malachite (9 gp). Jade (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His white hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in a small desert village. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and black tie. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).