Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a yellow shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a hunchback. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Varis 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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Half-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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When Ellyjoybell reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Doctor responsibilities is difficult; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and is typically in his Mercenary uniform. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hugh studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 sp. Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Rosamund took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Rosamund never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Cynical. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a yellow coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born into a rich family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Smokesticks.