Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Ahvain was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 210 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears dark leathers with embroidery and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Interpreter, but he was a colossal failure. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Carrie never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: This northern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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 several months after his mother was called into army service. Carrie 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. Carrie 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.