Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Nelkin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Scribe. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He got into the Scribe business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'1" northern man, he is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a great chef.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Through the years after Direcris was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Direcris's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Direcris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: Thorin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thorin is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp.