Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is silver. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Mindartis was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a hunchback. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is a Ploughman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. He has achieved small success as a Ploughman.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears black trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 father 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: A 4'11" eastern man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp).