Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is physically well-built. His long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has moderate length blonde hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sage who has hired him part-time. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Nutae was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. Veit was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Veit decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 1600 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40000 cp. Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.