Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Citrine (80 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he usually wears his white robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. He wears his chestnut hair up. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp. Coral (80 gp).