Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His hair is brown and very short. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cressel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available she will default to her halberd. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Shax is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has wavy chestnut hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He wears his black hair down. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is golden and very short. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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 struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple pastel robe with green stripes complete with hood. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a great chef.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is greedy; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man very much looks the part of a Shipwright, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Jak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Bonds: Job, In love, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 pp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Jade (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She carries with her a set of bows, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is short and purple. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Phelaia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Phelaia was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Phelaia's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.