Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Barber father left him crippled. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Cynical, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rose (80 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eiravel isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. 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: Born in the south to a Interpreter, Eiravel learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Eiravel was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Eiravel's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has worked as a Interpreter like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Emerald (800 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Ahvain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ahvain 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. Ahvain 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. Being a Detective 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: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).