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 black hair is lengthy. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Jet (50 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jade (50 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Rose (40 gp). Amber (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'8" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has white hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Baern is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Baern was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair is cut short. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He has worked as a Sage like his father before him.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 pp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a grey collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Agnes hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His lavender fur is matted, messy, and big. His yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Shifting speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Shifting was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 pp. Azurite (5 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'2" when asserting himself. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Junk Dealer profession.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.