Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished trident as well. His hair is short and red. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: Morkral was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a Locksmith soon after.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a locksmith and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Akra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Akra took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 cp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Uthemar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She is physically well-built. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).