Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in a small island village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

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

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and many drow want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Quarion wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Quarion was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Quarion's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is black and curly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting gnolls, the young Heian began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.