Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His fur is brown and very short. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Dustin hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (20 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a hunchback. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20000 cp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller, and carries spears. He wears his dark red hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Iados was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Iados fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 230 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: He wears just a black suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has blue eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.