Description: A 2'10" northern man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Bulzo is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Bulzo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Jasper (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Malachite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Soveliss embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue diamond (8000 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She keeps her long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Veloptima was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Carpenter. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a blue shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silaqui isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Silaqui was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (40 gp).