Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp).

Description: He wears just a white suit, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 pp. Jasper (40 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jet (100 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.