Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naeris 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 Naeris. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple tan robe with red stripes complete with hood. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His ears are large.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Halimath is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 240 pp.