Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and crossbows. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: Darrow is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple tan robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Antitoxin. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her gray fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: She is a Unemployed first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Jasper (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has wavy copper crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.