Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He prefers to wear flannel, marred by teas. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is auburn and very short. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Naill hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Naill hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.