Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ivellios hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are gray.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Halimath. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: 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.

Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Rose (30 gp). Coral (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, green cloak. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Koeth reached his early adolescence his Elf 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 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.