Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Masseuse. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears professional attire. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Tharivol is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jet (160 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tan trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.