Description: This western man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. After a long history of fighting, Raer and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. He wears his chestnut hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, grey shirt, and pastel tie. His blonde hair is still thick. He has blue eyes and a violet hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Coral (90 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Coral (90 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 pp. Red garnet (110 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Jade (110 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Birel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. 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, Barendd is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a simple tan robe with yellow stripes complete with hood, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Naeris embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naeris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Black pearl (600 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Citrine (70 gp).