Description: He dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does. He is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 71. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Aust took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his black robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Kelter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Kelter lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 89. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.