Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A middle-aged man, 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, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Map Maker. He tends to his Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Adventurer uniform. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Adventurer for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 27000 sp. Moss agate (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Frederick hails from a village terrorized by drow. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).