Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Peren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 52. 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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Aerdeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with tan slacks, marred by teas. His hair is silver and very short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 pp. Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Jet (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.