Description: This dark-skinned male wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a very tight haircut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Paelias was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'4". He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Mundane, Insane. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.