Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Tharivol abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and doesn't want to be a jeweler and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Jade (100 gp). Sard (30 gp). White pearl (100 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His tied-back hair is brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Az-Rans 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. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Obsidian (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rose (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Claira was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She found a children's book about a Elf Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. 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 unsatisfied with her job; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. With wild silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 39000 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, marred by sweets. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She got into the Engraver business at a young age. 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 Engraver. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 170 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.