Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in a small island village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Raer will drive conversation. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raer was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp).

Description: This eastern man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theren studied abroad. One day when Theren was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Theren was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 17000 sp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has wavy auburn hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.