Description: This tall, slender man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears baggy white pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ivellios was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spy. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Jade (160 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.