Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Server, who enjoyed hunting, Rael was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 20 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His tied-back hair is brown. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Eiravel lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Hunter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Adventurer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears a violet tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is cut short. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a violet costume with the symbols of his god on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 60 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Silvo was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She carries a battered trident and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yurgunn never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Nature, In love, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a black vest and prefers green and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His purple hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He usually wears his tan robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She is baby faced.

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 pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Cynical, Fearful, Disease, Racist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Disguise kit.