Description: This man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Raymond grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Raymond. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His fur is short and beige. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 35000 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Theodoric alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has slicked back red hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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-brother.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. 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 Body Guard. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears dull white sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed spear, just in case. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Qemuel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 380 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: A 5'9" western man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: To be a Carter again.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Aline and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To protect her home; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Peridot (20 gp).