Description: He stands about 5'5" and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is white and very short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 11000 sp. Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Efferil wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Efferil never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, grey shirt, and blue tie. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Ahvain was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Ahvain was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ahvain's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ivellios will drive conversation. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He got into the Mayor business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Armorer, but he got bored and became a Mayor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Banded agate (9 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, black cloak. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Varis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bellfounder. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bellfounder for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).