Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a green wide-brimmed hat and green clothes. His white hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Rael will drive conversation. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Rael 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. Rael 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and elven compassion

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has chestnut hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Doctor, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'11" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has wavy auburn hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Berrian has worked very hard to control his curse. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).