Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Varis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Varis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 210 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'0" and prefers to wear flannel. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Theriatis 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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Theriatis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Heian 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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. 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 dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. 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 keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Eiravel 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Jet (40 gp). Sard (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.