Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Korfel was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Brewer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His hair is short and white. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thervan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thervan. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Aust hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

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

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Rose (40 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.