Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Hadarai lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. Thervan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Thervan decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears a mask on his face.

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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jade (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Jet (130 gp). Rose (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.