Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 370 pp. White pearl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: A 4'0" southern man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Knight father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oloric fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This southern man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is golden and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Uraim speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 360 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

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. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp).