Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Efferil will drive conversation. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aelar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Alexandrite (1000 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Lûgnak has worked very hard to control his curse. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Lûgnak was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this western woman is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.