Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He has shaved his head bald. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Drogo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cory grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a spear on his belt. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Aldous has worked very hard to control his curse. 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. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.