Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and usually wears his grey robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). White opal (500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mindartis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Mindartis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his chestnut hair up. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the south to a Blacksmith, Koeth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Enemies, Family, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 110 pp. Black opal (1600 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the east. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).