Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He has lavender fur. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Marshal, Shivering learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has white hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Balimaar 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 a great chef.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Chad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.