Description: 4'7" and muscular, this northern man wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a white scarf. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born to a Map Maker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to goblins.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and brown tie. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Rolen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a simple grey robe with white stripes complete with hood. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lamlis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Lamlis 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. Lamlis 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.