Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Brewer. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She has black eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Shax took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Shax and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Lezre enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1800 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is blonde and very short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1300 sp.