Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. His brass crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Rathkran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, he is not a threatening figure. His dark red hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small violet hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Paelias was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sage. During his travels, Paelias and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Paelias discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Paelias fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.