Description: This man wears a fancy black suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Theren was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and white robe with the hood down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His psionic 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears professional attire. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Paelias took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.