Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He dresses like a well dressed Jeweler does. He has a hunchback. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Justin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Mercenary, who enjoyed hunting, Justin was taken on many hunting expeditions. Justin abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a blue collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'7". He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and his gloved hand is found clutching a lance. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He got into the Fletcher business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Astar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to be a tanner again

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 sp. Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hûmgrat isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Lia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Traulam hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Traulam was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and doesn't want to be a baker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).