Description: This southern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. After a long history of fighting, Conrad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jet (50 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Hematite (16 gp). White opal (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Sard (60 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Coral (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'2" and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Adelard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Adelard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 290 pp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jade (150 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He wears his red hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.