Description: He is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Lance speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He married young, but lost his spouse to goblins. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. 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. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Diggory never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his red hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At some point he was captured by drow and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a yellow collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alexandre fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit.