Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. 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 left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A 4'11" western man, he wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Adran lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Sard (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.