Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: Born in the west to a Shoemaker, Solomon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In his 19th 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Percival lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When Percival reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears professional attire. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield.