Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this eastern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is well kept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Vicky hails from a village terrorized by orcs. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered orcs who tried to eat her hand. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.