Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Helen was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 pp. Black opal (1200 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his bow, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Karash was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Passionate, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Coral (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ivellios embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Enialis was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shepherd. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 13000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his grey robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Secretive, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 sp.