Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Koeth was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His tied-back hair is silver. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aerdeth is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 pp. Sard (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born into a rich family. Aelar was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Soapmaker. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.