Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2600 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to protect his home

Ideals: Persistence, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Himo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and daggers. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ahvain was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western man dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with tan slacks. He has no hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Suhnae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.