Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his dark red hair up. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He works hard and plays hard.

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. Through the years after Melech was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Melech's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears dull grey sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. His black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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 got into the Cartwright business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Apothecary who has hired him part-time. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He got into the Apothecary business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.