Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and human compassion

Flaws: Addict, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Butcher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Solomon wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. Solomon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is red and curly. 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 hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (160 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (160 gp).

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alex does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.