Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Soveliss alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Umpen's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his youth he was a Junk Dealer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Umpen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has wavy brown hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. 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 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: Further expansion of business; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Kava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 150 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and carries shortspears. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Seamstress but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the north. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sword on his belt. His red crest is singed and shortened. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Hirrathak 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.