Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'7" and wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his father struggled to pay the bills. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Mason like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Thervan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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, Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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 many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Detective who has hired him part-time. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Rolen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Rolen decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Weaver born in the past three hundred years. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Theren was born with his father's beautiful face. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.