Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a pastel costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His black hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Theriatis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

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. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'8". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Thervan was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erevan grew up listening to his father's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.