Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a hunchback. His hair is white and very short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her tied-back hair is black. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Griselda was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Crown-heir. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His head has been shaved. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Everard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Assassin, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'0" northern man, he dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad green hat.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Conrad is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).