Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Naeris speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naeris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Naeris abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Zircon (60 gp).