Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a green tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Nutae hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nutae studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 sp. Hematite (14 gp). Coral (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is brown and curly. He has green eyes and a black 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 great chef.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Laucian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his white robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).