Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rurik embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad grey hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a Map Maker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Laborer. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Theodoric was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. Her red fur is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with her Spy mother left her crippled. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp).