Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Farmer. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Soveliss was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Soveliss decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 pp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp).

Description: This northern man is wearing a long, black cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his auburn hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Coral (160 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Five was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Gunter is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Gunter's homeland. Gunter decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (160 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.