Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Tharivol enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his dagger. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Animal Trainer mother left him crippled. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses like a well dressed Spy does. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Aelar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His childhood dream was to be a Navigator, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Spy like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a white coat with tan slacks. He wears his white hair up. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Varis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.