Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His tied-back hair is golden. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He got into the Tanner business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Mortician; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This northern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished shield as well. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Black pearl (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Coral (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'9" eastern man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Charles hails from a village terrorized by drow. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered drow who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.