Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has hazel eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Cook, Halimath learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

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

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp).

Description: This man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. 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: To settle down with his crush.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Naeris was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Naeris's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tan shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Laucian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp).