Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Engraver, but he got bored and became a Mayor. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Thervan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

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

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely yellow suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He wears his red hair down. His ears are large.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aramil 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 Aramil. 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. Aramil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; 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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ostracized due to the necromantic 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 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: Passionate, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.