Description: This man is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rael 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 Rael. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carnelian (70 gp). Jade (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and black tie. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Riardon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His tied-back hair is golden. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Himo is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Himo hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ploughman and was forced into it by his family; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Coral (110 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).