Description: He very much looks the part of a Priest. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Barakas was born the youngest of three triplets. His childhood dream was to be a Performer, but he was a colossal failure. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and auburn. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Cook mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a Spy first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has achieved small success as a Spy.

Motivation: To be a Weaver again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'9". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Traki is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jade (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in the west. Efferil was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Seamstress. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a fancy tan dress. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.