Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 pp. Hematite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: He wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Reynard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Miles was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Robert has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alexandre studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.