Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is white and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Paelias was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a hunchback. He has a very tight haircut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp).