Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is red and very short. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a Courier, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp).

Description: He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her purple hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Shax wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 pp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and usually wears his brown robe and has his trident always slung over his shoulder. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adelard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Adelard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adelard decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; 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: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1900 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is auburn and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Kithri lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Knight, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: This southern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has styled his cinnamon fur well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.