Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of a Slave Trader, who enjoyed hunting, Ermina was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Blacksmith. She's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 260 pp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Ur-Masi and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with red slacks. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Gale and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has moderate length white crest. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Norkruuth will drive conversation. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: He wears a grey collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Fire opal (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is silver. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Golm is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Golm was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Grai is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mercenary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small island village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She tends to her Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.