Description: An older man who wears tattered old clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Beggar first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Azaki hails from a village terrorized by giants. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with violet slacks. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Aelar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Aerdeth was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears professional attire. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who likes to wear red tank tops with pastel pants, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

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 moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.