Description: This southern man is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his gray fur up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Jade enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Jade liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'3". She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Felosial was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bellfounder. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His crest is short and gold. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp.