Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Efferil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar 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 Aelar. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Elven compassion; 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: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Iolite (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Jet (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Rose (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 pp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: He comes from a rich western family. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2500 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Interpreter profession.

History: Erdan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Debt, Family, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.