Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his brown robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Veit hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a large white jacket. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Ekk was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Ekk abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ekk never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. When Arumawann reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks, marred by sweets. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp).

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and halberds. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Gifted from a young age, Althaea studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 gp.