Description: He is a mite stocky and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His dark red hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'3" northern man, he wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Erky's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Erky never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. His silver hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Locksmith business at a young age. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Maagog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.