Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 Spice Merchant. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (7 gp). Jade (140 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). White pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the south. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'5" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Beiro enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north to a Interpreter, Beiro learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Beiro took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Interpreter for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).