Description: This late middle aged man wears brown trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Nuraval learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a red coat with yellow slacks. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eloise is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Eloise was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the east. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Riswynn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.