Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. A true patriot, Thervan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2200 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Sculptor uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1200 gp.