Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He wears his blonde hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Butcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and carries axes. Her brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She got into the Architect business at a young age. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Architect. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1900 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'9". She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Jade (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears an entirely pastel suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a colorful flower in his red fur. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is portly but not overly obese. His white crest, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sethrekar has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Shy. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). White opal (600 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Coral (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). White opal (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a black suit. His crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Arjhan was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her copper crest down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Jheri was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears an entirely violet suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. 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. Uthemar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 pp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a hammer on his belt. He carries a battered sai and tarnished hammer as well. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Shifting is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 sp.