Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Theren embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He takes great joy in being the best Baker in town.

History: Theren hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mantus grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Mantus alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Roge was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Ubada was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ubada fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears baggy green pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and black tie. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her brass crest up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. She carries with her a set of shortbows on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is short and golden. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. 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 father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 sp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Holy water.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and morningstars. He has done his best to style his red crest to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He works hard and plays hard.

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. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.