Description: This man wears an entirely black suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Arannis 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. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Arannis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this western man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is cut short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries greataxes. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Guard, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 sp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Laborer does. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his golden hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He became a Laborer soon after.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His blonde hair is still thick. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson white hat.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired him part-time. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in the west. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).