Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He struck the Mayor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and a deep hatred of illithids

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Jarsali isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear black tank tops with yellow skirt. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Burana will drive conversation. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but she was a colossal failure. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He wears his silver hair up. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.