Description: Standing 5'9", this woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her cinnamon fur up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Shivering was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sailor. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Birel isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Bimpnottin never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Naill isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Naill lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

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 wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Fire opal (1000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman prefers to wear flannel. She has no crest. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.