Description: This younger middle-aged man likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Eiravel was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Eiravel never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2400 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the south. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp).