Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.