Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. He's also a talented Masseuse, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Jade (50 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Fivin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Lazy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rose (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Uthemar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.