Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Quarion was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Quarion decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This woman wears a red costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Euphemia grew up listening to her father's many stories. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a great chef.

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. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Tagga learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tagga grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tagga. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears long strands of jet and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Jeweler business.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Sariel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.