Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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 comes from a rich eastern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears skinny pants and wears a tan and yellow robe with the hood down. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.