Description: He stands about 5'11" and wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Varis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. A true patriot, Varis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Varis was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Gifted from a young age, Naal studied abroad. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 gp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Fabien was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Callybon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a long, brown cloak, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She got into the Unemployed business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Detective. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Ahinar reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.