Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Riardon embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Riardon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a Hunter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).

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. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Arannis was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. He has worked as a Crown-heir like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Fire opal (1000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Rose (80 gp). Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.