Description: He is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. He has a hunchback. He keeps his dark red hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Therai was taken on many hunting expeditions. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Therai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Thradal was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Thradal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and white with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Vilberg was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Malachite (11 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears dull pastel sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. He wears his brown fur down. This copper eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the west. Edge abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).