Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Ratlûg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'4" eastern woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 390 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a pastel coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His fur is brown and curly. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Roland was raised in a hard working conservative environment. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ildrex will drive conversation. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Ildrex hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ildrex alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a violet tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is red and curly. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 900 gp. Emerald (1600 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tawar grew up listening to her mother's many stories. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'9". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, pastel shirt, and blue tie, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

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

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Hupe liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a club and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.