Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 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 (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red crest. He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. He keeps his long red crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has no hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Whurdred was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has brown hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Vorka took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor she uses now. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Coral (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear blue tank tops with black pants. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Koeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Terse. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 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 (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts, and carries sickles. She has wavy brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Meriele isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.