Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has violet eyes.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Geoffrey is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Geoffrey grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Geoffrey. After months of barely getting by, Geoffrey managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses like a well dressed Courier does. He has wavy brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his club ready. His black hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries a battered flail and tarnished morningstar as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (12 gp).