Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a large grey jacket, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is short and chestnut. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Barendd embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Barendd was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Slave Trader. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. His fur is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Serpent wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Serpent studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Serpent took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

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

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 cp. Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. After a long history of fighting, Nelkin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished glaive as well. She has no hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Vorka wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. 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. Vorka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Roofer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a glaive and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

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

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Superior lock.

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, blue cloak. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

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 Marshal mother left him crippled. 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 unite with his sister; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has black eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Iados was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 210 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp).