Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Jet (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Barber. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.