Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1300 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears his silver hair down. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Mindartis has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mindartis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1800 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His head has been shaved. He has amber eyes and a violet hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Gennal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (6 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jet (90 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Naill hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; 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: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1900 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).