Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the west to a Shoemaker, Anselm learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

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. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He wears his black hair down. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 3 Antitoxin. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Holy water. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a red collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy golden hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. To her fellows she 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.