Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dean grew up listening to his father's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Sard (50 gp). Coral (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. She has red eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ishte will drive conversation. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the west to a Beggar, Ishte learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a violet vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of greataxes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy auburn hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tim's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Jade (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Coral (110 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy tan dress, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. A true patriot, Mella would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Hunter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Orsik was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Detective, but he got bored and became a Hunter. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fisher, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She takes great joy in being the best Fisher in town.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Maynild was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). Jade (110 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

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. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.