Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Baern hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Jet (70 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Alberich was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'3" and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With bright brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates Tieflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He comes from a rich western family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her white fur in a pixie cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady yellow eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 pp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rose (40 gp). Black opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. She has a very tight haircut. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Panana learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a worn and beaten armor. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

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 has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; 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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.