Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Antinua and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Berrian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Valorean was born with his father's beautiful face. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and balancing his hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).