Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Vanuath was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His ears are large.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ahvain is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 160 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He 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. His hair is golden and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 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 (20 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He usually wears his pastel robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Tanner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.