Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Efferil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a colorful flower in his black fur. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born in a small island village. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'5" and wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for him, and Skak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He wears his brown hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Barrister born in the past three hundred years. 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: He got into the Barrister business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barrister. He tends to his Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 16000 sp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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 into a rich family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1300 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.