Description: A 5'3" southern man, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Himo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His childhood dream was to be a Barkeep, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Knight.

Motivation: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Erdan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. He tends to his Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Merchant mother left him crippled. His addictions have taken their toll on his wallet, and he has found himself with a great deal of debt owed.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has moderate length white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Interpreter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently the stress of being a Interpreter has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 gp.