Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is chestnut and very short. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in the north. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Justice, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: Varis was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thervan 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 Thervan. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Vanuath lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

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.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

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

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.