Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, violet cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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 born several months after his father was called into army service. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ahvain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of shortbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her white hair up. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Body Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Courier, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. The war was a terrible time for him, and Vassago does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vassago grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Vassago abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 pp.