Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of warhammers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rurik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rurik fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and he perpetually has his flail ready. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alberich fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Standing 3'6", this woman is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on her left side. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born in the north. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 7000 sp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is physically well-built. Her crest is silver and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Servant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Servant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Coral (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has green eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white crest is knotted and matted. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 sp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is an epitome of beauty. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Rose took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.