Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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 is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 14000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are green.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Knight. 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, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Varis studied abroad. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He tends to his Knight job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 15000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Jet (90 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in a small island village. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Rolen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Coral (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Jet (140 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Glassblower but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Dustin reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dustin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and tiefling compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 pp. Amethyst (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jet (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: Standing 6'5", this man wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His copper crest is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her blue crest is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Sora alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Coral (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.