Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thervan embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black opal (1000 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Hadarai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Assassin, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.