Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Amber (160 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man usually wears his white robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder and is in decent physical shape. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Gennal 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. Gennal decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Arannis was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1600 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp.