Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Naeris 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. Naeris 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Tailor, but he got bored and became a Guard. He tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Eye agate (4 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. After coming to the age of reason, Paelias took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 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 black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). During his travels, Theriatis and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Theriatis discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Theriatis fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.