Description: This southern man usually wears his blue robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is short and auburn. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tharivol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Thunderstones. 2 Smokesticks. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'2" western man, he wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a large pastel jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He receives visions of the future at random moments

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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Cockaby and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 240 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 70 pp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Coral (140 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She has no hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Hematite (9 gp).