Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born in the west to a Dyer, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30000 cp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Good lock. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Bernard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Bernard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a pastel feathered hat and pastel clothes. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aline is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. After coming to the age of reason, Aline took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He likes to wear red tank tops with green pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His green eyes dart from person to person.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.