Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Tharivol lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is short and chestnut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Erevan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Erevan took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 130 pp. Eye agate (10 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Theriatis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is an epitome of beauty. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Theriatis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp).