Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is short and blonde. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the south. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Soveliss never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 pp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with tan slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'4" when asserting herself. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nagrette grew up listening to her mother's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. She has worked as a Unemployed like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 pp. Malachite (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Helen has worked very hard to control her curse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Coral (130 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fancy blue suit. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Thervan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Carter. He has worked as a Carter like his father before him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jet (130 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Jet (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Jet (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.