Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is baby faced.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1600 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rose (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a fancy tan suit. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Nim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Nim was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Nim's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His golden hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed red hat.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).

Description: An older man who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is still thick. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. The war was a terrible time for him, and Theren does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has worked as a Tanner like his mother before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Full Plate. 1 Banded mail.