Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dark leathers with embroidery. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Naeris was taken on many hunting expeditions. Naeris was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Animal Trainer. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this southern man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His white hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.