Description: Standing 5'2", this man prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 sp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rael embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rael grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Smoky quartz (50 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Soveliss studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Soveliss was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Revenge; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 320 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Koeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.