Description: An older man who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, he is not a threatening figure. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

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 to unite with his sister

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 390 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad yellow hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. He struck the Assassin job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 12000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Sard (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Nutae hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears just a pastel suit. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Riardon was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. 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: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.