Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is white and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is a Cook first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Beiro was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cook. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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 to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has a very tight haircut. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mindartis grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Uthemar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. Uthemar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Varis will drive conversation. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Aerdeth liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.