Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Howard speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Howard was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are brown and catlike.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 300 pp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kelter grew up listening to his father's many stories. Kelter 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Erevan embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. When Erevan reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Nazdûg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Nazdûg has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 37000 sp.