Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Aerdeth embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Aerdeth never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Amber (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Efferil was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; 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

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jet (100 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carpenter and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).