Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered trident and tarnished nunchaku as well. His tied-back hair is silver. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

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. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Vanuath was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Vanuath's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 280 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 240 pp. Eye agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).