Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: Erdan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in the west to a Carter, Erdan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Depressed, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 pp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Rose (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spy who has hired him part-time. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).