Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ahvain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Coral (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Naal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 170 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mercenary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Azaki was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 140 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).