Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. 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 in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. Being a 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: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears just a brown suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has no hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Nutae took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor, and he perpetually has his morningstar ready. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lucan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Lucan. After months of barely getting by, Lucan managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. 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 likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Naal hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp).