Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 190 pp. Jet (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). White opal (600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a pastel costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Courier, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 11000 sp. Moonstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Riardon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Riardon 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 Riardon. 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 feels threatened by others; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rose (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Amber (130 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).