Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His chestnut hair is still thick. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 sp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his warhammer always slung over his shoulder. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He has black hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 240 pp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Carrie and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Solid gold idol (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp).

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a green scarf. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished pickaxe as well. He has wavy white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Aust has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Mindartis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; 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: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.