Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He got into the Apothecary business at a young age. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White opal (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is white and very short. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 pp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Miner, Heian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1900 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has wavy red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bather. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Uthemar 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.