Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a white vest and prefers black and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished morningstar as well. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the north to a Hunter, Varis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rose (30 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.