Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Peren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 east. 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 is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 34000 sp. Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Onyx (80 gp).

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Ruler. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He wears a violet costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length black hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Rael speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.