Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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 daughter.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 pp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a large green jacket. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Thamior enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Layabout like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 pp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Onyx (40 gp).