Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". He wears a worn and beaten armor, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Coral (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Naal was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Masseuse they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Map Maker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair is short and silver. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears tattered old clothes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Being a Courier 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120000 cp. Carnelian (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He has golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. 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: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.