Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. White pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Jet (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp).