Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Varis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. Her hair is short and auburn. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The war was a terrible time for her, and Hrathy does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Hrathy liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His red eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. During his travels, Pandjed and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Pandjed discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Pandjed fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her morningstar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy golden hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the west to a Mercenary, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp).