Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Varis 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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Barrister. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barrister. He struck the Barrister job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Disease. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Shava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Shava and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His brass crest is still thick. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Tailor born in the past three hundred years. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Tailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student she started as a Mason, but she got bored and became a Tailor. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tailor for the past few years.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp. Blue quartz (12 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 is wearing a long, black cloak. He wears his bronze crest down. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but he was a colossal failure. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his left hand. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Quick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Paelias's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Paelias was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mortician. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.