Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a large black jacket. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and elven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull green iron scale mail. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, marred by teas. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Varis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Baker mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 pp. Banded agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. He wears his auburn hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Berrian was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Berrian decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Emerald (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.