Description: He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of whips, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 pp. Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat, marred by teas. His hair is white and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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: Retire the richest man in the east; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp).

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 pp.