Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'4" and tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is brown and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 Layabout. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Theren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Zircon (70 gp).