Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.