Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He has no fur. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Tricking is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Tricking was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Butcher. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 pp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length silver crest. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Dazzazn liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Dazzazn was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Jade (150 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Jet (150 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Jet (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has shaved his head bald. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Lance is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Hunter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Healer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a healer and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1200 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Junk Dealer does. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Bowyer, but he got bored and became a Junk Dealer. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Job, Rich, Guardian, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Coral (160 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a white vest and prefers blue and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Henk's homeland. Henk decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Henk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.