Description: This man wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a great chef.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Paelias was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Laborer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 pp. Jade (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His hair is white and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Detective born in the past three hundred years. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.