Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His bronze crest is lengthy. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Vrondiss lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His purple hair is still thick. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His fur is orange and very short. He has a dull look in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Art was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Art decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is red and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Rûkdûg is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 47000 sp.