Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Halander took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 pp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Rose (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Amber (140 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman is wearing a long, grey cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her blonde hair down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the west to a Stableman, Emmeline learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has worked as a Stableman like her father before her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Hlin was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. Her white hair is long and unkept. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rose (30 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has dyed her greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.