Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in a small plains village. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Naal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Jade (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a green costume with the symbols of death on his torso, marred by beers. He wears his black hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Masseuse father left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50000 cp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Erdan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Erdan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has worked as a Navigator like his father before him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes him a fraud

Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp).