Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'0". He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Tharivol never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Poor, In love, Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.