Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arannis will drive conversation. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 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: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Immeral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).