Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'10" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His white hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Fortune-teller father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple grey robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Bardryn was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. With bright white hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Lagazi was taken on many hunting expeditions. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear flannel. His hair is black and curly. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1600 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aerdeth grew up listening to his father's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 170 pp. Amber (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.