Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered orcs who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 pp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Coral (160 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'10" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cook but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Thamior hails from a village terrorized by giants. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (70 gp). Jet (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his golden hair down. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naal 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 Naal. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.