Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. After coming to the age of reason, Varis took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was a Gardener, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has bronze crest. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 210 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 clubs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her bronze crest is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She got into the Dilettante business at a young age. Through the years after Saphara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Saphara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her long white fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Leaf studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Dyer. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Marbas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 cp.