Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1300 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Emerald (1200 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1600 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Quarion 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 Quarion. 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 pp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Jade (130 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His tied-back hair is white. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Through the years after Tharivol was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Tharivol's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.