Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Rhogar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rolen studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is chestnut and curly. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rose (30 gp). Jade (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Coral (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing a long, blue cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Jeweler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 47000 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Caeldrim hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp.