Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Gimurt lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has wavy red hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Thoradin hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. 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. Being a Unemployed kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1500 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Amber (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Coral (60 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears tan trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Heian isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Heian liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.