Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: This western man has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and elven compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50000 cp. Moss agate (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a green vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Miner, who enjoyed hunting, Quarion was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Jet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his green robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born in the east. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.