Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has no hair. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Terse. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Nim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Peridot (50 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He tends to his Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Raer 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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Raer and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp.