Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Scribe who has hired him part-time. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a blue collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He struck the Shipwright job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.