Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has gold eyes and a brown hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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 was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. His hair is golden and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'7" when asserting himself. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Spy father left him crippled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. Fire opal (800 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ogthrak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.