Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a hunchback. His black hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A true patriot, Rael would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from 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 Merchant. He has worked as a Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white top hat and white clothes. His hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the west. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Suhnae was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.