Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with his Carpenter mother left him crippled. Being a Priest 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Traki lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Junk Dealer does. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 16. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Junk Dealer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Laucian has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. His golden hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Detective business.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp.