Description: This northern man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Rael enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears dull grey sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, In love, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Berrian would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).