Description: This malnourished man has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Arannis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Amethyst (40 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Black opal (400 gp).

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and blue tie. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 pp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'8" when asserting himself. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up work as a Locksmith and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.