Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

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 is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Varis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Varis decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He became a Cartwright soon after.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and scimitars. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian 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 Heian. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

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

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'8" when asserting himself. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Varis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.