Description: He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and scimitars. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in the north to a Mason, Flame learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with his Barber father left him crippled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 150 pp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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, Halander is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 pp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black fur. His ears are large.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Shifting was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1400 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp).