Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a white armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Dorn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Dorn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Dorn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Cloud alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Irann was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tattered old clothes. She has dyed her greying blue crest a little too much giving a sharp blue color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bather arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 south. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'2" southern man, he wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adran is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Adran was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 120000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.