Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Mordai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

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. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 9000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Theodoric hails from a village terrorized by giants. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver ewer (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp.