Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Erdan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. 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: Halimath lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired him part-time. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.