Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Gardener. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Gardener and was forced into it by his family; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a grey shirt, with a yellow mid length shorts with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His chestnut hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Barakas is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Barakas was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.