Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available she will default to her rapier. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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 slaver, Astaro 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad violet hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gifted from a young age, Galinndan studied abroad. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has moderate length red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her purple hair is still thick. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of a Mercenary, who enjoyed hunting, Damaia was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Damaia took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bastard sword and armor she uses now. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Nature, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Lamlis embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Lamlis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lamlis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 130 pp. Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ulfgar has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Emeny was born with her mother's beautiful face. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp.