Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ahrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ahrim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. He has wavy blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2500 sp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His fur is lavender and curly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is an amazing painter.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. 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. Pennie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This man wears professional attire, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stableman profession.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Mehen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Sailor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Beatrice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears just a yellow suit. Her white hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a bowyer again

Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an entirely yellow suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in a small island village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.