Description: An older man who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Varis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Varis decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'8". He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His hair is golden and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Nim speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the east to a Seamstress, Nim learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has worked as a Seamstress like his father before him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His black hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Arannis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 pp. Black opal (1500 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp).