Description: This dark-skinned male wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has wavy silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 pp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel 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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 pp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Coral (150 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Amber (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'10" and prefers to wear flannel. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Adran was born the youngest of three triplets. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Jeweler. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Traki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahvain 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 Ahvain. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).