Description: An older man who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Slave, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Varis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Coral (80 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His tied-back hair is black. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to gnolls.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and grey tie. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp.