Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Adran was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: She wears dull green sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shield, just in case. Her blue crest is smooth and relatively long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 19000 sp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is an amazing painter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Ea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Clerebold hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Clerebold has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Symma isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Gardener but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Sard (30 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His red hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, William's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: William hails from a village terrorized by drow. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Jade (130 gp).