Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair is braided into rings. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: Gifted from a young age, Altho studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the west to a Herbalist, Riswynn learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (150 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Amber (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red crest. She very much looks the part of a Mortician. She has a hunchback. Her red crest is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears dark leathers with embroidery. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ahlyssa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Coral (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

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 couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Riswynn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).