Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Efferil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. 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: Born to a Barkeep, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears professional attire. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Now he works as a singing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1400 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Stableman, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Baker like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.