Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. He wears his white hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Thorin will drive conversation. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Thorin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has golden hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north. A freak accident while working with his Healer mother left him crippled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A 6'2" eastern man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. He has moderate length auburn hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Travok was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.