Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue broad hat and blue clothes, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Healer. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Peren was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp).