Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Theren embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Theren 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. Theren 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the west. Rael was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 pp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'4" eastern man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).