Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Gerard was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 150 gp. Peridot (40 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This eastern man wears white trousers with tan and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 pp. Hematite (5 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'11" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his chestnut hair up. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Thorin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south to a Priest, Thorin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Cook again.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Interpreter. His hair is white and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nalral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has achieved small success as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Naill has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2900 sp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.