Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in the north. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man very much looks the part of a Mortician and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is cut short. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His first spouse was a Bricklayer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has worked as a Mortician like his father before him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 pp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Iolite (50 gp).