Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Rurik hails from a village terrorized by drow. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp. Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her orange fur in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern woman typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy golden hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ida was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ida decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Scribe kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp. Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears just a black suit. With wild chestnut hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 gp.