Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a green costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 Bookbinder. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries kukris. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

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

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.