Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Scribe for hire.

Motivation: To protect his home; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: A 4'8" eastern man, he wears a white armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Galinndan grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He is physically well-built. His hair is short and silver. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tharivol embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Tharivol was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries daggers. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.