Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, red cloak. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Laucian was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Halimath hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. The war was a terrible time for him, and Halimath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Halimath lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Halimath was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is still thick. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Koeth is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a red small hat and red clothes. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Immeral was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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 to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp.