Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: This man wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Fivin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His tied-back hair is white. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Immeral is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His first spouse was a Architect, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miner and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Varis is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a Scribe, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Varis 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 Varis. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in an above average manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Mercenary kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).