Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Beiro reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Revenge; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 pp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and white tie. His hair is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to protect his home

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 310 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His black hair is cut short. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Eiravel took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 40000 cp. Red spinel (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). White opal (700 gp). Sard (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).